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London County Council 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Return of replies received from Medical Officers of Health of the several districts as to number of sanitary inspectors andparticulars of their appointments and duties.The population and number of houses in each district are those obtained for the purposes of the Equalisation of Rales Act.

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Return of replies received from Medical Officers of Health of the several districts as to number of sanitary inspectors andparticulars of their appointments and duties.

The population and number of houses in each district are those obtained for the purposes of the Equalisation of Rales Act.

Yestry or District Board.		Rateable Value, 6th April, 1895.	Population, 6th April, 1895.	Rated houses, 6th April, 1895.	Number of Inspectors at date of last return, 10th Dec., 1894.	N umber of Inspectors at present time.	Date of appointment of each Inspector.	Present Salary.		Whether Inspectors limited to the performance of any particular duty, if so, nature of such duty.	Remarks.
		£ 740,615					WEST DISTRICT.
Chelsea		£ 740,615	97,393	12,478	2	2	Jan., 1888	£170 p. ann.		No	The inspectors receive no clerical assistance.
							21st Feb., 1893	£130 p. ann.			The inspectors receive no clerical assistance.
											There are also two disinfectors. A third disinfector is employed during times of exceptional prevalence of infectious disease.
Chelsea (detached)		...	...		1	1	June, 1888	£150 p. ann.		No	With residence, gas, &c. Also acts as assistant surveyor for Kensal Town.
Fulham		511,738	108,049	15,684	3	4	25th Mar., 1886	£130 p. ann.		No. Each inspector has a district allotted to him.	The first three inspectors were re-appointed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in June, 1895.
							15th Oct., 1890	£130 p. ann.
							7th Jan., 1891	£130 p. ann.
							19th June, 1895	£120 p. ann.
											Clerical assistance to inspectors provided.
Hammersmith		551,856	99,166	15,128	6	6	16th Dec., 1874	£2 10s. p.wk.		District assigned.	These appointments were made by the late Fulham District Board. The actual date of the appointment by the Hammersmith Vestry is 26th March, 1886.
							20th May, 1884	£2 10s. p.wk.		District assigned.
							8th May, 1880	£2 10s. p.wk.		Yes. Removal of dust, and Food and Drugs Act.
							15th April, 1884	£2 10s. p.wk.		District assigned.	Do. do. 12th May, 1886. Clerical assistance provided. Two clerks.
							16th Jan., 1893	£2 10s. p.wk.		House to house inspector.
							12th Dec., 1894	£2 10s. p.wk.		District assigned.
Kensington		2,063,709	169,566	23,522	7	7	June, 1891	£120	Rising by annual increments of £10 to £160.	*Visits all cases of infectious disease and superintends all disinfection with assistance of a disinfector. He is also responsible for the inspection of a district.	There are also two street inspectors whose duties include inspection of mews and the yards, &c., of private stables. One appointed Nov., 1890, at £78, and now receiving £100 per annum; the other appointed Aug., 1892, at £78, and now receiving £95 per annum.
						including a female inspector of work-shops.†	Aug., 1892	£120
							Aug., 1892	£120
							Dec., 1893	*£110
							Dec., 1894	£110
							June, 1895	£110
							† April, 1895	£100 p. ann.
											There were two female inspectors whose duty it was to visit workshops, work places and laundries where women are employed. In July, 1895, the Vestry decided that one inspector could do the work for the whole parish. This officer has now the status of sanitary inspector.