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from the apparatus after the disinfecting process is completed. The other two assistants are employed
in disinfecting, stripping of walls, and cleansing of rooms, and one of them also attends to the removal
of cases which are going to hospital, and makes a weekly call at houses where the case is treated at
home. They also, when not engaged in duties connected with disinfection, assist the inspectors in testing
drains.
The sanitary inspectors are under the entire control and supervision of the medical officer of
health.
Scavenging of roads and dustbins.—For the scavenging of streets and of dustbins there is a road
foreman and a dust inspector respectively. These are under the surveyor.
St. Olave—population 1896, 11,731.
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £200 per annum. Half repayable by
County Council.
One sanitary inspector—
T. A. £200 per annum Half repayable by County Council.
Assistant.-—A general assistant, who acts as disinfector and mortuary keeper, and is resident
caretaker of the shelter.
Clerical staff.—The sanitary inspector does the greater part of the clerical work, but assistance
can be had from a clerk in the department of the clerk to the board.
Duties.—The sanitary inspector is concerned with duties arising under the Public Health, Food
and Drugs, and Factory and Workshop Acts, under the supervision and direction of the medical
officer.
Scavenging of dustbins and roads.—In addition there is a foreman in the surveyor's department,
who superintends the collection of house refuse. The scavenging of roads is also superintended by the
surveyor's department.
Bermondsey—population 1896, 85,475.
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £250 per annum. No portion repayable
by County Council.
4 sanitary inspectors—
1. H. T. £350 per annum. No portion repayable by County Council.
2. J. O. £130 to £175 „ „ „ ,,
at present £135
3. J. B. £130 to £175 „ „ „ ,,
at present £135
4. A. W. S. £130 to £175 „ „ „ ,,
at present £135
Assitants.—4 disinfecting assistants, one of whom also acts as caretaker of the mortuary.
Clerical staff.—There is one clerk who devotes his whole time to duties arising out of the work
of the public health department.
Duties.—The inspector who is first on the above list is chief sanitary inspector, and in this
capacity exercises a general supervision over the work of the other inspectors. He also performs duties
arising under the Food and Drugs Act in the whole parish, and takes part in house to house inspection.
He also inspects bakehouses, slaughterhouses, cowhouses, and common lodging-houses. As regards the
remaining inspectors, the district has been divided into three sub-districts, in each of which one of the
inspectors is concerned with all duties arising under the Public Health and the Factory and Workshop
Acts.
The disinfecting assistants are engaged as follows—two in conveying articles to and from
premises, and in placing them in the apparatus for disinfection, one in the disinfection of rooms, one as
engineer for the disinfecting apparatus and for removing articles from it after the process is completed.
The last mentioned also acts as mortuary keeper.
Scavenging of roads and dustbins.— The removal of house refuse is done by men employed by the
sanitary authority under the direction of a foreman. The pail system has been adopted. The scavenging
of roads is under the supervision of the surveyor.
Rotherhithe—population 1896, 40,379.
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £300 per annum. Half repayable
by County Council.
2 sanitary inspectors—
T. L. D. £200 Half repayable by County Council.
H. C. £120 to £150
Assistants.—A mortuary keeper who also performs disinfection of rooms and fetches from and
returns articles to houses.
A caretaker (female) at shelter.
Clerical staff.—One clerk who is engaged for the clerical work arising out of the work of the
department. He is also expected to do work in connection with vestry clerk's department if he has
time.
Duties of inspectors.—To each inspector a part of the district has been allotted, and in this he
is concerned with all duties arising under Public Health, Factory and Workshop, and Food and Drugs
Acts. They do not supervise any drainage work, either construction or reconstruction ; this work is
attended to by the drainage inspector ,who is under the surveyor.
The sanitary inspectors are under the superintendence of the medical officer of health.
Scavenging of roads and dustbins.—There are under the surveyor a dust inspector, who sees that
dust-pails are properly cleansed, and a road foreman, who supervises the scavenging of streets, as well
as tbe work of paving and sewering.