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2 sanitary inspectors (one of these called assistant sanitary inspector).
G. R. £3 5s. a week. No portion repayable by County Council.
G. L. O. £2 4s. 6d. „
rising to £3 5s.
Assistants.—One assistant who is entirely employed in connection with disinfection and drain
testing.
Clerical staff.—Clerical assistance, if necessary, is afforded by clerks engaged in the work of the
surveyor's department.
Duties.—The senior inspector is chiefly occupied in inspection of premises and in duties relating
to infectious disease. The junior inspector is almost entirely employed in testing old and new drains,
and in supervising the execution of drainage works. If the committee at any time direct that a house
to house inspection is to be made, then both inspectors take part in the work.
The inspectors are under the direction of the medical oflicer of health, and under the supervision
of the surveyor, as to the execution of their duties.
Scavenging of streets and dustbins.—For the scavenging of streets and of dustbins there are,
under the control of the surveyor, men employed by the sanitary authority, who carry out the work
under the supervision of foremen.
Camber-well—-population 1896, 253,076.
A medical officer of health (whole time appointment), £600-700 per annum. Half repayable by
County Council.
12 sanitary inspectors—
J. H. S. £175 Half repayable by London County Council.
W. E. G £175 „ „ „
J. S. P £175 „ „ „
W. E £175 „ „ „
A. C £175 „ „ „
G. W. S £170 „ „ „
E. R. C £170 „ „ „
J. H. H £170 „ „ „
C. H. K £170 „ „ „
G. G. M £170 „ „ „
E. H £170 „ „ „
W. R. F. £170 „ „ „
Assistants.—Four assistants for disinfection.
A mortuary keeper.
Clerical staff.—There are three clerks entirely occupied in duties arising out of the work of the
public health department.
Duties.—Each of the inspectors is allotted to a district in which each is concerned with all
duties arising under the Public Health, the Factory and Workshop, and the Food and Drugs Acts.
As regards the disinfecting assistants, one is entirely occupied with disinfection of articles at the depot,
the remaining three convey the articles to and from premises. One of these acts as driver of the van,
and the other two carry out the disinfection of rooms.
The sanitary inspectors are entirely under the supervision and direction of the medical officer of
health. They superintend the construction of drains in both new and old premises, and as regards the
former and cases of combined drains, they are in relation to the surveyor of the vestry.
Scavenging of dustbins and roads.—There is a superintendent in the surveyor's department
who attends to the systematic cleansing of dustbins, and for road cleansing there are four superintendents
under the surveyor.
Greenwich—population 1896, 175,774.
The district is divided into two sub-districts, viz.—
(1) Greenwich parish.
(2) The parishes of St. Paul and St. Nicholas, Deptford.
Each has its separate staff.
Greenwich suh-district—
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £200 per annum. No portion repayable
by County Council.
3 sanitary inspectors—
1. C. W. £190 Half repayable by County Council.
2. R. F. £165 „ „ „
3. A. B. £150
Assistants.—Two disinfecting assistants.
Clerical staff.— No clerical assistance.
Duties.—The first on the above list is engaged in duties arising in connection with the occurrence
of infectious disease. The other two inspectors have each been allotted a district, and in it each is
concerned with all duties under the Public Health Act (except those connected with infectious disease)
and Factory and Workshop Act.
The disinfecting assistants are engaged, the one at the apparatus, the other in fetching and
removing articles, and disinfecting and cleansing rooms.
The inspectors are under the supervision and direction of the medical officer of health.
Scavenging of roads and dustbins - There are two dust inspectors who supervise the cleansing of
dustbins, and one road foreman who superintends the scavenging of streets. These are under the road
surveyor. There are also orderly boys engaged in the main streets.
There is also in the surveyor's department a drainage inspector, who supervises the drainage of
new premises. In existing houses reconstruction of drains is attended to by the sanitary inspectors.
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