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St. Pancras—population 1896, 240,764.

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A caretaker of the mortuary.
An attendant (wife of mortuary keeper) at temporary shelter.
A messenger.
Clerical staff.—There are six clerks and a boy clerk engaged in duties arising out of the work of
the Public Health department.
Duties.—The first eight on the above list of inspectors have each been allotted a district, and in
it they are each concerned with duties arising under the Public Health Act, and the Food and Drugs
Act, the first two on the list are, in addition, inspectors under the Canal Boats Act. The last two on
the list are engaged in carrying out duties under the Factory and Workshop Act.
Of the disinfecting assistants, one acts as engineer, and with the aid of one of the others, disinfects
the articles of clothing, another disinfects rooms, while the fourth acts as driver for the vans. So far as
possible, the assistant who places the infected articles into the apparatus, does not remove them after
disinfection.
Islington—population 1896, 336,764.

Acsistants.—Nine assistants for disinfection.
A mortuary keeper.
Caretaker of shelter.
Clerical staff.—Seven clerks and a messenger who also helps in clerical work.
Duties.—The first on the above list of inspectors acts as chief sanitary inspector. He visits all
premises in regard to which it is necessary to serve a statutory notice, and generally supervises and
assists the inspectors in their work. Numbers two to fifteen inclusive are each district inspectors, and in
their respective districts, they each perform all duties arising under the Public Health Act (except as
regards houses let in lodgings and workshops) and the Food and Drugs Act. Number sixteen is the
inspector for workshops, bakehouses, and smoke nuisances; number seventeen for houses let in lodgings,
and number eighteen, inspector for workshops, etc., in which females are employed,
The assistants engaged in the work of disinfection are employed as follows:—One as engineer
in charge of the disinfecting ovens, two with the vans, one as driver, the other to assist in fetching the
articles, six do the stripping of walls and cleansing and fumigation of rooms, and one distributes
disinfectants at the vestry hall, and occasionally assists in fumigation.
The sanitary inspectors are under the direction and supervision of the medical officer of health.
Scavenging of dustbins and streets.—In the surveyor's department there is a superintendent of
dusting and slopping, who supervises the cleansing of roads and scavenging of dustbins, which is done
by men in the employment of the vestry.
Stoke Newington—population 1896, 33,485.
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £225 per annum. Half repayable by
County Council.
The staff of sanitary inspectors is as follows—
1. The surveyor to the vestry is also appointed to act as chief sanitary inspector (at
date of inquiry the office was vacant) at a salary of £150; half repayable by County Council.
2. D. W. M., £2 10s. a week ; half repayable by County Council.
3. H. E. C. (temporary inspector).