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Deptford sub-distrid—
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £225 per annum. No portion repayable
by County Council.
6 sanitary inspectors—
T. B. £150 Half repayable by County Council.
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Assistants.—Two disinfecting assistants.
Clerical staff.—No clerical assistance.
Duties. —The first inspector on the above list is engaged in duties connected with the occurrence
of infectious disease, duties arising under the Food and Drugs Act and Factory and Workshop Act.
Each of the others has a district, and in it each is concerned with all other duties.
One of the disinfecting assistants is engaged at the disinfecting apparatus, the other in fetching
articles and in fumigating and cleansing rooms.
The sanitary inspectors are under the supervision and direction of the medical officer of health.
Scavenging of diistbins and streets.— There are two dust inspectors to supervise the cleansing of
dustbins, and a road foreman who superintends the cleansing of streets. They are under the road
surveyor.
There is also a drainage inspector in surveyor's department, who supervises the construction of
drains in new houses. Reconstruction in existing premises is attended to by the sanitary inspectors.
Lewisham—population 1896, 104,521.
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £200 per annum. No portion repayable
by County Council.
7 inspectors—
1. J. F. C. £100 to £150 Half repayable by County Council.
(by annual increments of £10.)
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4. E. T. P.
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6. J. R. S. „ No portion repayable by County Council.
7. J. R. B. „ Half repayable by County Council.
The appointment of an additional inspector is under consideration.
Assistants.—Two assistants, who are employed in conveying articles to and from houses in
connection with disinfection and in the fumigation of rooms.
There is also an assistant who acts as engineer in connection with the disinfecting apparatus.
Clerical staff.—No clerical assistance is provided.
Duties.—The district under the jurisdiction of the Lewisham Board of Works is divided into—
1. Blackheath and Lewisham division.
2. Sydenham and Forest-hill division.
3. Hamlet of Penge.
The first three inspectors on the above list have each been allotted a portion of the first
division, and each is concerned with duties arising under the Public Health and Factory and Workshop
Acts. Duties under the Food and Drugs Act in this division are carried out by the first
inspector on the list, and the third inspector is largely occupied in house to house inspection.
The fourth and fifth officers on the list are both concerned with duties arising under the Public
Health and Factory and Workshop Acts in the Sydenham and Forest-hill division, and the fourth
inspector also obtains samples under the Food and Drugs Act.
The sixth and seventh inspectors have duties in the hamlet of Penge, the former being
concerned with duties arising under all three Acts, and the latter being chiefly engaged in house to
house inspection.
The sanitary inspectors are under the supervision of the clerk of the District Board in conjunction
with the medical officer of health.
Scavenging of dustbins and streets.—For the systematic cleansing of dustbins there are three
foremen who supervise the collection of house refuse, and in connection with road cleansing there are
three inspectors of works. These officers form part of the surveyor's department.
Woolwich—population 1896, 41,314.
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £200 per annum. Half repayable by
County Council. Also holds the appointment of public analyst.
2 sanitary inspectors—
A.M. £2 10s. a week. Half repayable by London County Council
W. W. £2 8s.
rising to £2 10s.
Assistants.— One disinfecting assistant, who also acts as mortuary keeper. The foreman of the
dust destructor assists in getting up steam at, and in placing articles into the disinfecting apparatus.
In the examination of drains, the inspectors receive assistance from men in the surveyor's
department.
A caretaker and his wife at the temporary shelter.
Clerical staff.—One clerk is entirely engaged in duties arising out of the work of the public
health department.
Duties.—The district is divided into two portions, and each inspector does in one of them all
duties arising under the Public Health and Factory and Workshop Acts. The Food and Drugs Act is
carried out by the second inspector in the whole district.