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Shoreditch—Population 1901, 118,705.
A medical officer of health (whole time appointment). £500 per annum. Half repayable by
County Council.

Assistants.—One general assistant.
One disinfector and two assistants.
Mortuary keeper, who lives close to mortuary and gives his whole time to the work.
Caretaker (female) of the shelter.
Clerical staff.—One clerk.
One assistant clerk. The general assistant also helps in clerical work.
Duties. —The senior inspector acts as chief sanitary inspector and is concerned with duties
under the Public Health and Factory and Workshop Acts throughout the entire parish, and
in generally superintending and giving assistance to the other inspectors. He also attends to the
registration of houses let in lodgings. The remaining inspectors have each a district, and in it they
each perform all duties arising under the Public Health and Factory and Workshop Acts. Number 3
in the above list having the most compact district, is also concerned with carrying out duties under
the Food and Drugs Act for the whole district and with smoke nuisances.
The supervision of all drainage work both in new premises and existing houses, as well as the
testing of drains, forms part of the inspectors' duties.
The general assistant helps in the testing of drains, in obtaining samples under the Food and
Drugs Act, in serving notices and in clerical work.
The disinfector is occupied in disinfecting articles of clothing and bedding which are brought
from and returned to houses by the two assistants. The latter officers also carry out the disinfection
of rooms, and strip and cleanse rooms after fumigation where it is considered necessary.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders. Transfer of Powers.—The work in connection with
milkshops and milk vendors is carried out by the five district inspectors (Nos. 2 to 6) in the above
list. Each inspector is responsible for the work in his own sanitary sub-district.
The sanitary inspectors are under the general supervision of the medical officer of health.
Scavenging of dustbins and roads—In addition to the above staff, there is in the surveyor's
department a general superintendent who supervises the scavenging of streets and the cleansing of
dustbins. This work is done by men in the employment of the vestry under the control of two
scavenging foremen, and one dusting foreman who have gangers in charge of each gang of men.
Bethnal-green—Population 1901, 129,681.
A medical officer of health (part time appointment). £300 per annum. Half repayable by
County Council.
Eleven sanitary inspectors. (One of these was formerly clerk of the department. He has now
been appointed an inspector, but still devotes some of his time to clerical duties.)
per annum.
I. J. F. £250 to £350
at Present £287 10
Half of £250 repayable by County Council.
2. B. S. W. £200 Half repayable by County Council.
3. A. S. H. £180 ,, ,,
4. E. R. £170 ,, ,,
5. H. F. B. £160 ,, ,,
6. F. W. M. £150,, ,,
7. E. A. £120 ,, ,,
8. M. G. £120 ,, ,,
9. Vacant (new appointments £120 „ „
being made)
10. do. do. £120 „ „
11. do. do. £120 ,, ,,
Assistants.—Three assistants for disinfection.
A mortuary keeper.
A urinal flusher.
Nine dust foremen.
In addition, twelve men are employed in connection with the work of reconstruction of
combined drains.
Clerical staff.—In addition to the above-mentioned sanitary inspector, who receives and enters
complaints, keeps the nuisance and other registers, and has general charge of the indoor work of the
department there is a junior clerk, and two others are about to be appointed.
Duties.—The first on the above list of inspectors is chief sanitary inspector. Subject to consultation
with the medical officer of health, he is responsible for, has control of, and directs the operations of the
entire sanitary staff. Subject to the directions of the committee, the chief inspector gives instructions