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London County Council 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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London County Council.
SANITARY OFFICERS.
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Report by tlie medical officer on the sanitary staffs of the metropolitan boroughs
(Printed by order of the Public Health Committee.)
Public Health Department,
8, St. Martin's- place,
March, 1903.
I present a return based upon information supplied by the medical officers of health of the
City and the metropolitan boroughs. During the last ten years returns have been presented
to the Fublic Health Committee giving particulars as to the sanitary inspectors employed
in the several districts of London. Each return has shown an increase upon the numbers
stated in the preceding return, and the facts which have been ascertained for the
purposes of the present return indicate still further increase.
| Year. | Number of sanitary inspectors in the whole of London. |
|---|---|
| 1893 | 188a |
| 1894 | 219a |
| 1895 | 228a |
| 1898 | 256a |
| 1901 | 275 |
| 1903 | 301 |
Thus it will be seen that since 1893, the number of inspectors has increased by some 60 per
cent.
In 1901, the number of sanitary inspector employed in each of the metropolitan boroughs was ascertained and comparison between these number and those obtaining in 1903 may thus be made.
| Metropolitan boroughs. | Number of Fanitary inspectors. | Increase (+) or decrease (—) in 1903 compared with 1901. | Metropolitan boroughs. | Number of sanitary inspectors. | Increase (+) or decrease (—) in 1903 compared with 1901. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901. | 1903. | 1901. | 1903. | ||||
| Battersea | 9 | 11 | + 2 | Lewisham | 6 | 8 | + 2 |
| Bermondsey | ‡7 | 9 | + 2 | Paddington | †6 | 12 | + 6 |
| Bethnal-green | §11 | 9 | — 2 | Poplar | 8 | 8 | -- |
| Camberwell | 12 | 14 | + 2 | St. Marylebone | 7 | †8 | + 1 |
| Chelsea | 4 | 4 | - | St. Pancras | 14 | 16 | + 2 |
| Deptford | 5 | 7 | + 2 | Slioreditch | 6 | 6 | - |
| Finsbury | 7 | 9 | + 2 | South wark | ‡18 | 17 | — 1 |
| Fulham | 6 | 6 | - | Stepney | 17 | 18 | + 1 |
| Greenwich | 5 | ††7 | + 2 | Stoke Newington | 2 | 3 | + 1 |
| Hackney | †15 | 14 | — 1 | Wandsworth | 13 | §§H | — 2 |
| Hammersmith | 8 | 9 | + L | Westminster, City of | 11 | 11 | - |
| Hampstead | 5 | 7 | + 2 | Woolwich | 8 | 9 | +1 |
| Holborn | *5 | 5 | City of London | ||14 | ||17 | + 3 | |
| Islington | +20 | 20 | - | ||||
| Kensington | 13 | 13 | - | London | 275 | 301 | + 26 |
| Lambeth | 13 | 13 | - | ||||
a Excluding inspectors e mployed in districts mentionei in Schedule C of the Metropolis Management Act.
* Including one vacancy and cne temporary inspector. † Including one temporary inspector.
‡ Including one vacancy. § Including three vacancies.
|| Including seven meat inspectors. †† Including two temporary inspectors.
§§ There arc also five inspectors concerned with drains and sanitary fittings in old and new houses j these officers are
under the direction and control cf the Surveyors.
Of the 301 inspectors employed in London 20 are women. At the date of the last return 11
of the sanitary inspectors were women. The increase in the total number of inspectors in London
since the date of the Last return is therefore largely due to the appointment of women inspectors who
are now employed in 15 districts in the inspection of workshops.
Shirley F. Murphy,
Medical Officer of Health.
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