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Assistants.— One dust inspector.
Nine assistants in connection with disinfection work.
One mortuary keeper.
One assistant to help in drain testing.
One assistant for smoke nuisances.
A varying number of dustmen.
One messenger is attached to the department who is directly appointed by the
Council.
Clerical staff.— There are four clerks engaged in duties arising out of the work of the public
health department.
Duties.— The whole district is divided into twelve sub-districts, and in each of these an inspector
is concerned with all duties arising under the Public Health Acts, Factory and Workshop Acts, and
Food Adulteration Acts, and number 13 is also canal boat inspector under the Canal Boats Act. By
arrangement with the chief inspector of canal boats (Local Government Board) this inspector devotes
one entire day in each week to this work, and £26 of his salary is apportioned to the work, and no
part of this sum is repaid by the County Council. Inspector number 12 in the list is engaged in
house to house inspection and in inspection of houses let in lodgings. Number 14 is engaged in
inspecting workshops, laundries, &c., where females are employed, and the houses of outworkers.
The inspectors supervise reconstruction and alteration of drains, but the drains of new premises
are under the supervision of the surveyor.
Of the five disinfecting assistants, one is in charge of the disinfecting apparatus and station,
two fetch and return articles of clothing with the disinfection van, two fumigate rooms; the others are
employed to strip walls, to lime-white and to cleanse rooms. The messenger gives out disinfectants and
helps in the service of the department generally, and especially in connection with infectious diseases.
The dust inspector supervises and sees that the Council's dustmen are on duty. The dust
removal is carried out by a contractor, and in order that the Council may have direct control in the
execution of the work the entire district has been divided into thirty-five sub-districts, to each of which
a man employed by tbe Council is allotted. It is the duty of these men to help and to see that the
house refuse is properly removed from each house, and they are under the superintendence of the dust
inspector.
The sanitary inspectors are entirely under the direction and supervision of the medical officer
of health.
Scavenging of streets.—Road scavenging is supervised by the surveyor, and for this purpose there
are three road surveyors under him.
Holborn—Population 1901, 59,390.
A medical officer of health (whole time appointment). £700 per annum. Half repayable by
county Council.

Assistants.— Two disinfecting assistants.
A mortuary keeper, who looks after mortuary and coroner's court.
Clerical staff.— There are one chief clerk and one assistant clerk solely engaged in duties
arising out of the work of the department.
Duties.— To each of the inspectors, numbers 1 to 4 in above list, a district is allotted, and in it
each is concerned with all duties arising under the Public Health, Factory and Workshop, and Food
and Drugs Acts, except so far as relates to any nuisance not arising on private premises, that is to
say, in the public way, streets, or from carriage of offensive matter.
No. 5 is engaged temporarily on the special inspection under the direction of the medical
officer of health, of milkshops, dairies, cowsheds, slaughter-houses and other premises where food is
sold or prepared for sale. All drainage work is supervised and all testing of drains is carried
out by the surveyor's department.
The disinfectors are engaged in the disinfection of rooms, in fetching and returning articles of
bedding, &c., and in disinfecting them at the station. They also work for the borough surveyor in
the stoneyard.
The sanitary inspectors are entirely under the supervision and direction of the medical officer
of health.
Scavenging of streets.—There are two inspectors acting under the direction of the borough
surveyor, entirely occupied in seeing that the streets are properly scavenged.
There are also three inspectors who deal with nuisances occurring on the public way which are
not dealt with by the sanitary inspectors.
Removal of dust.—The dust is removed by contract under the supervision of the borough
surveyor. There are two inspectors solely concerned with the cleansing of ashbins.