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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Vestry or District Board. | Rateable Value, 6th April, 1895. | Population, 6th April, 1895. | Eated houses, 6th April, 1895. | Number of Inspectors at date of last return, 10th Dec., 1894. | Number 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | CENTRAL DISTRICT—Continued. | ||||||||
| St. Giles | 421,658 | 37,892 | 4,029 | 5 | 5 | 22nd July, 1879 | £150 p. ann. | Two deal with nuisances on private property and perform duties in connection with the sale of Food and Drugs Act. | Clerical assistance provided. |
| 8th June, 1880 | £150 p. ann. | ||||||||
| 26th June, 1883 | £150 p. ann. | ||||||||
| 9th Jan., 1885 | £9312s. p. an. | ||||||||
| 12th Apr.,1892 | £119 12s. p.a. | Two deal with nuisances on the public way. | |||||||
| One devotes his time to dustbins. | |||||||||
| St. Luke | 327,125 | 40,320 | 4,317 | 2 | 2 | 13th July, 1891 | £105, rising by £5 annually to £120 | Each inspector has special charge of a division of the parish. Clerical assistance and a general assistant provided. | |
| 27th Mar.,1893 | do. do. | ||||||||
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 538,971 | 13,121 | 1,492 | 1 and 1 temporary inspector | 1 and 1 temporary inspector | Sept., 1871 | £164 p. ann. | No | Clerical assistance provided in respect of notices only. |
| Mar., 1894 | £2 12s. 6d. p. week | Drainage inspection. | |||||||
| Strand | 576,284 | 24,024 | 3,279 | 6 | 3 | 4th Aug., 1884 | £186 p. ann. | There is also an assistant inspector. | |
| Nov., 1893 | £104 p. ann. | Inspector of workshops, and out-workers' houses. | |||||||
| Nov., 1893 | £104 p. ann. | Inspector for smoke nuisances and offences under by-laws relating to nuisances in streets, &c.* | Also performs certain duties under surveyor. | ||||||
| Bethnal-green | 433,724 | 127,025 | 15,557 | 4 | 5, a sixth inspector is being appointed | Mar., 1862 | £200 p. ann. | Five district inspectors and a chief inspector who supervises the whole parish. | There are two clerks. |
| Jan., 1886 | £200 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Mar., 1890 | £200 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Nov., 1893 | £120 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Dec., 1894 | £120 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Limehouse | 299,011 | 55,832 | 7,486 | 3 | 3 | 1890 | £165 p. ann. | No | Clerical assistance provided. |
| 1894 | £2 2s. p. wk. | ||||||||
| 1895 | £2 2s. p. wk. | ||||||||
| Mile-end Old-town | 377,551 | 108,609 | 14,851 | 3 | 3 | 1884 | £200 p. ann. | General duties, and duties in connection with the Food and Drugs Acts. | Each inspector is responsible for a district. Clerical assistance provided. |
| May, 1892 | £160 each, rising by-£10 annually to £200 | No | Two men are engaged in assisting the inspectors in drain testing, &c. There are also four men employed in disinfecting. | ||||||
| May, 1892 | |||||||||