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Assistants.—An assistant for disinfection and general purposes. He also acts as mortuary keeper,
not resident.
Two men employed by the board for various purposes, who strip walls and cleanse
rooms.
Clerical staff.—There is no clerical staff for the work of the public health department.
Duties.—Each inspector is concerned with duties arising under the Public Health Act, in any
part of the parish, also under the Factory and Workshop Act, though for the most part inspection
of factories and workshops is carried out by the first inspector on the above list. Each inspector has
also the following special duties. —The first on the list does all work in connection with the notification
of disease; the second supervises all drainage work, both in new and old premises; and the third inspector
is engaged in a systematic house to house inspection.
The disinfecting assistant attends to the fumigation of rooms, and sees that all articles are
removed by the contractor for disinfection.
The sanitary inspectors are under the joint supervision and direction of the medical officer of
health and the surveyor, the latter officer being more directly concerned with their attendance at the
office and matters of discipline.
Scavenging of streets and dustbins.—For the scavenging of dustbins and of roads there is a dust
inspector and two road inspectors. These officers are under the control of the surveyor.
Streatham and Tooting sub-district.
Twro medical officers of health, one for Streatham and one for Tooting.
Medical officer of health for Tooting (part time appointment). £50 per annum. No
portion repayable by County Council.
Medical officer of health for Streatham (part time appointment). £200 per annum.
No portion repayable by County Council.
One sanitary inspector.
Two assistant sanitary inspectors. It appears that these officers are certificated inspectors, who
arc termed assistants.
1. E. K. £3 5s. Od. a week. No part repayable by County Council.
2. E. B £2 17s. 6d. „
3. Vacant at present £2 2s. Od. „
Assistants.—There are three assistants, one to help each inspector in the testing of drains and in
disinfecting rooms.
A mortuary keeper.
Clerical staff.— A clerk who is also a sanitary inspector and occasionally does inspecting work.
It is anticipated that a female sanitary inspector will shortly be appointed (for a limited time in
the first instance), with a view to the registration and inspection of houses let in lodgings.
Didies.—Each inspector has been allotted a district, and in it each performs all duties arising
under the Public Health Act and Factory and Workshop Acts, except that the inspection of bakehouses,
slaughterhouses, and cowsheds is carried out by the first inspector on the above list. The inspectors
supervise the drainage of both new and old houses.
The inspectors (as in the case of Clapham) are jointly under the supervision and direction of the
medical officer of health and the surveyor.
Scavenging of streets and dustbins.—There are also under the surveyor an inspector for the
scavenging of dustbins and two road foremen for the scavenging of streets.
Wandsworth sub-diitrict.
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £150-200 per annum. Half repayable
by County Council.
One sanitary inspector and three assistant sanitary inspectors (certificated).
S. C. £3 5s. a week No portion repayable by County Council.
C. H. n. £2 2s. to £3 5s. „ „ „
A. W. £2 2s. to £3 5s. „ „ „
II. A. P. £2 2s. to £3 5s. „ „ „
Assistants.—Four assistants in connection with disinfection.
A mortuary attendant, who is also a local tradesman living in proximity to the
mortuary. There is no caretaker of the temporary shelter.
Clerical staff.—There is one clerk who is entirely engaged in duties arising out of the work of
the public health department.
Duties.—Each inspector has been allotted a district, and in it each performs all duties arising
under the Public Health Act. There is no difference between the sanitary inspector and the assistant
sanitary inspectors, except that the sanitary inspector is concerned with duties under the Factory and
Workshop Act for the whole parish, and also inspects slaughterhouses, cowsheds, and bakehouses.
The duties of the disinfecting assistants are arranged as follows—One assistant acts as
engineer, and helps to put articles into the disinfecting apparatus; one goes out with the van, collects
the articles, and then remains to disinfect rooms; one acts as driver both for fetching and returning
articles, and helps to place infected articles in the apparatus; the fourth removes the articles from
the apparatus, and goes with the van when returning them to houses. The assistants are provided
with overalls, and those working on the infected side are not allowed to go to the chamber in which
the disinfected articles are removed from the apparatus.
The inspectors are under the supervision and direction of the medical officer of health. They are
also to some extent under the control of the surveyor for purposes of discipline and as regards the
superintendence of drainage work, both in existing and in new houses, this work being entirely
supervised by the surveyor.
Scavenging of streets and dustbins.—For the scavenging of dustbins and of roads there are under
the surveyor a dust inspector and two road foremen.
Putney sub-district.
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £200 per annum. No portion repayable
by County Council.