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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. | N umber 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. |
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| SOUTH DISTRICT—Continued. | |||||||||
| Lee District | 278,616 | 38,749 | 6,604 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 70,496 | 13,516 | 2,179 | 1 | 1 | 16th Mar.,1892 | £2 p. week | No | Charlton parish. The inspector receives no clerical assistance. The opening of drains and removal of dust is superintended by the foreman of roads. | |
| 52,013 | 5,971 | 1,117 | 1 | 1 | Nov., 1886 | £75 p. ann. | Eltham parish. Acts also as road foreman. The inspector occasionally receives clerical assistance in the keeping of registers and preparation of notices. | ||
| 133,878 | 16,905 | 3,030 | 1 | 1 | July, 1892 | £3 p. week | General inspector | Lee and Kidbrooke parishes. Superintends opening of existing drains; but not the removal of dust. No clerical assistance provided. | |
| 22,229 | 2,357 | 278 | |||||||
| Lewisham | 668,598 | 100,271 | 18,424 | 6 | 6 | May, 1888 | £140 p. ann. | No, except that three inspectors are usually engaged in house-to-house inspections. | |
| Aug., 1893 | £110 p. ann. | ||||||||
| June, 1894 | £130 p. ann. | ||||||||
| June, 1894 | £110 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Nov., 1894 | £110 p. ann. | ||||||||
| July, 1895 | £100 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Newington | 479,941 | 115,327 | 13,768 | 5 | 6 | 19th May, 1869 | £200 p. ann. | No | |
| 18th Dec., 1889 | £150 p. ann. | ||||||||
| 27th June, 1894 | £115 p. ann. | Clerical assistance provideed. | |||||||
| 27 th June, 1894 | £115 p. ann. | ||||||||
| 27th June, 1894 | £115 p. ann. | ||||||||
| 11th July, 1894 | £115 p. ann. | ||||||||
| Plumstead | 190,750 | 57,488 | 9,410 | 3 | 3 | Jan., 1890 | £160 p. ann. | Chief inspector supervising other inspectors; giving certificates as to water supply for new houses, &c. | Clerical assistance rendered by clerk to Public Health Department, |
| There is also an officer who devotes his whole time to supervising the collection of dust. | |||||||||
| Jan., 1894 | £104p.ann. | General duties. District divided between them. | |||||||
| Jan., 1894 | £104p.ann. | ||||||||
| Rotherhithe | 210,858 | 37,920 | 5,370 | 1 chief and 1 assistant | 1 chief and 1 assistant | Jan., 1894 | £200 p. ann. | Acts as inspector under Food and Drugs Acts; as inspector of smoke nuisances; streets inspector and superintendent of dust collection. | Clerical assistance provided. |
| Jan., 1876 | £3 10s. p. wk. | Carries out the orders of chief inspector. | |||||||