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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. | Rated 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | EAST DISTRICT—Continued. | |||||||||
| Poplar | 707,872 | 170,296 | 23,265 | 7 | 7 | Oct., 1871 | £225 p. ann. | *Yes. Inspection of nuisanccs in manufactories, canal boats, and under Factory and Workshops Act. | The first three inspectors were re-appointed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in June, 1893. | |
| Feb., 1890 | £165 p. ann. | |||||||||
| Feb., 1890 | £165 p. ann. | |||||||||
| June, 1893 | £150 p. ann. | Clerical assistance provided by three sanitary clerks. | ||||||||
| June, 1893 | £150 p. ann. | |||||||||
| July, 1893 | £145 p. ann. | |||||||||
| Nov., 1893 | £145 p. ann. | |||||||||
| St. George-in-the-East. | 194,107 | 44,262 | 5,340 | 3 | 3 | Sept., 1887 | £165 p. ann. | No | ||
| Feb., 1890 | £150 p. ann. | Each inspector is responsible for a district. | ||||||||
| June, 1892 | £130 p. ann. | Clerical assistance provided. | ||||||||
| Shoreditch | 684,963 | 120,379 | 15,357 | 4 | 4 and 1 appointment to be made | Dec., 1873 | £200 p. ann. | The first inspector has general superintendence of other inspectors and of houses let in lodgings which are under by-laws. | Each of the last three inspectors has a district of the parish under his care. | |
| Oct., 1884 | £150 p. ann. | |||||||||
| April, 1892 | £150 p. ann. | One inspector is specially appointed to carry out the Food and Drugs Acts. | ||||||||
| Feb., 1895 | £120 p. ann. | |||||||||
| Clerical assistance provided. | ||||||||||
| Whitechapel | 414,515 | 74,349 | 6,837 | 4 | 4 and 2 assistant inspectors | 20th July, 1868 | £190 p. ann. | General duties; but senior inspector performs, in addition, duties under the Food and Drugs Acts. | In addition there is also an office clerk at 30s. per week; three men perform disinfection work at a salary of 30s. per week each, and Is. each per week for washing overalls, &c. | |
| 26th Nov., 1888 | £150 p. ann. | |||||||||
| 5th Jan., 1891 | £150 p. ann. | |||||||||
| 18th July, 1892 | £150 p. ann. | |||||||||
| 18th Mar., 1895 | £2 per week | |||||||||
| 18th Mar., 1895 | £2 per week | |||||||||
| Battersea | 801,232 | 161,152 | 22,497 | 1 chief and 6 district inspectors | 1 chief and 6 district inspectors | 9th Mar., 1892 | £200 p. ann. rising by £10 p. ann. to £250. | The chief inspector was appointed assistant inspector of nuisances in July, 1889, and with the second inspector was re-appointed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in March, 1892. | ||
| Nov., 1884 | £130 p. ann. rising by £10 p. ann. to £150 | |||||||||
| No | Inspectors perform duties in connection with the Food and Drugs Acts, Margarine Act, &c. | |||||||||
| Mar., 1893 | £125 do. | |||||||||
| Mar., 1893 | £125 do. | |||||||||
| Mar., 1893 | £125 do. | A drain inspector has been appointed to inspect the drains of new houses. | ||||||||
| July, 1893 | £125 do. | |||||||||
| Nov., 1891 | £111, rising by £10 p. ann. to £150. | Clerical assistance provided (two clerks). Four disinfectors and drain testers. | ||||||||