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Details as to Sanitary Staff in the several Metropolitan Boroughs.
Paddington—Population 1901, 143,954.
A medical officer of health (whole time appointment). £600 per annum. Half repayable by
County Council. Also holds the appointment of examining officer under the Canal Boats Act.

Assistants.—An inspector under the Food and Drugs Act.
One disinfecting assistant.
A mortuary keeper.
A caretaker and his wife at the shelter. The man is also employed at the dustyard.
Five navvies in the employment of a contractor with whom the vestry have a
contract to open up ground for the examination of drains.
Clerical staff.—Two clerks are entirely engaged in duties arising out of the work of the public
health department.
Duties.—Each of the inspectors has been allotted a district, and in it each is concerned with all
duties arising under the Public Health and Factory and Workshop Acts.
Each inspector supervises the construction of drainage work in old houses. The drainage of
new premises is supervised by the surveyor's department.
For the examination of drains suspected to be defective the inspectors have the assistance of
men who open up the ground. These men are not directly employed by the vestry, but are provided
by a contractor with whom the authority have a contract. For the collection of samples under the
Food and Drugs Act an officer is specially employed, and is included among the above-mentioned
assistants.
The sanitary inspectors are under the entire supervision and direction of the medical officer of
health.
Scavenging of dustbins and of streets.—The scavenging of streets and of dustbins is supervised
by officers in the surveyor's department.
The reorganization of the staff has been referred to a special committee. At the present time
there are five inspectors allotted to districts, a sixth temporary inspector allotted to the area
(transferred from Chelsea to Paddington), one keeper for the mortuary on Paddington-green, another
for the Kensal-road mortuary (who also assists in the disinfecting), one disinfecting officer, and two
clerks.
Kensington—Population 1901, 176,623.
A medical officer of health (whole time appointment). £1,000 per annum. Half repayable
by County Council.

Seniority of inspectors is indicated by amount of salary. The chief inspector's salary will be
raised by two annual increments of £15 to .£250 per annum. The scale of salaries of other male
inspectors commences at £150 per annum, rising by conditional annual increments of £10 to £200
per annum. The lady inspectors' salaries commence at £110 per annum, rising by conditional annual
increments of £10 to £150 per annum.
Assistants.—
1. One assistant for disinfection.
2. A mortuary keeper.
Clerical staff.—There are five clerks entirely engaged in duties arising out of the work of the
department.