London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Sanitary Area. | Enumerated Population, Census, 1896. | 1895 return. | 1898 return. | Increase in total number, 1898. | Decrease in total number, 1898. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent. | Temporary. | Total. | Permanent. | Temporary. | Total. | ||||
| St. Giles | 38,237 | 5 | . . . | 5 | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,077 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Strand | 23,782 | 3 | . . . | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | |
| Holborn | 31,208 | 3 | • • • | 3 | 4 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... |
| Clerkenwell | 66,202 | 3 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
| St. Luke | 41,527 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| London, City of | 30,970 | 10 | ... | 10 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | ... |
| Shoreditch | 122,348 | 5 | ... | 5 | 6 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... |
| Belhnal Green | 129,162 | 6 | ... | 6 | 7 | ... | 7 | 1 | ... |
| Wliitechapel | 77,717 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | ... |
| St. George-in-the-East | 47,506 | 3 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
| Limehouse | 58,305 | 3 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
| Mile End Old Town | 111,060 | 3 | • . . | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
| Poplar | 169,267 | 7 | ... | 7 | 7 | ... | 7 | ... | ... |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 25,365 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| St. George, South wark | 60,278 | 4 | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... |
| Newington | 120,939 | 6 | ... | 6 | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | ... |
| St. Olave | 11,731 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Bermondsey | 85,475 | 4 | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... |
| Rotherhithe | 40,379 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Lambeth | 295,033 | 8 | ... | 8 | 13 | ... | 13 | 5 | ... |
| Battersea | 165,115 | 7 | ... | 7 | 10 | ... | 10 | 3 | ... |
| Wandsworth | 187,264 | 12 | ... | 12 | 13 | ... | 13 | 1 | ... |
| Camberwell | 253,076 | 12 | ... | 12 | 12 | ... | 12 | ... | ... |
| Greenwich | 175,774 | 9 | ... | 9 | 9 | ... | 9 | ... | ... |
| Lewisham | 104,521 | 6 | ... | 6 | 7 | ... | 7 | 1 | |
| Woolwich | 41,314 | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | |
| Lec | 38,588 | 3 | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... |
| Plumstead | 59,252 | 3 | ... | 3 | 5 | ... | 5 | 2 | ... |
| London | ... | 221 | 228 | 252 | 4 | 256 | 29 | ||
In the present return the duties of each inspector have been specified, and the extent to which
clerical assistance is provided, is shown.
Since the last return was presented to the Committee, female inspectors have been appointed m
the following districts—viz., St. Pancras, Islington, Hackney, Battersea and St. George-the-Martyr.
The inspectors in the first four districts are engaged in the inspection of work-places where females
are employed, the inspector in St. George-the Martyr being employed in connection with houses let in
lodgings.
Shirley F. Murphy,
Medical Officer of Health.