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London County Council 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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London County Council.
SANITARY OFFICERS.
Report by the medical officer on the sanitary staffs of the metropolitan boroughs.
(Printed, by order of the Public Health Committee, 12th July, 1906.)
Public Health Department,
8, St. Martin's-place,
November, 1906.

Table: The following table shows the number of inspectors employed in London in several yearsto which the returns relate—

The following table shows the number of inspectors employed in London in several yearsto which the returns relate—

Year.Number of sanitary inspectors in the whole of London.Year.Number of sanitary inspectors in the whole of London.
1893188a1901275
1894219a1903301b
1895228a1904313b
1898256a1906319

Table: In 1904 the number of sanitary inspectors employed in each of the metropolitan boroughs was ascertained and comparison between these numbers and those obtaining in 1906 may thus be made—

In 1904 the number of sanitary inspectors employed in each of the metropolitan boroughs was ascertained and comparison between these numbers and those obtaining in 1906 may thus be made—

Metropolitan boroughs.Number of sanitary inspectors.Increase ( + ) or decrease (—) in 1906 compared with 1904.Metropolitan boroughs.Number of sanitary inspectors.Increase (+) or decrease (—) in 1906 compared with 1901.
1904.1906.1904.1906.
Batteraea1313-Lewi sham1010
Bermondsey99-Padding ton1212-
Bethnal Green1010-Poplar89+ 1
Camberwell61413— lSt. Marylebone† 8†† 9+ 1
Chelsea44—St. Pancras1617+ 1
Deptford87— lShoreditch66-
Finsbury1011+ 1Southwark1616-
Fulham77—Stepney1818-
Greenwicht 65— lStoke Newington33-
Hackneytt 1717—Wandsworth§§11§§12+ 1
Hammersmith99_Westminster, City of1212-
Hampstead77—Woolwich1010-
Holborn44—City of London1191119-
Islington2022+ 2-
Kensington1313—London313+ 6
Lambeth1315+ 2

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a Excluding inspectors employed in districts mentioned in Schedule C of the Metropolis Management Act.
b Including one inspector who acted as chief clerk. ††Including two temporary inspectors.
† Including one temporary inspector. || Including eight meat inspectors.
§§ There are also five inspectors concerned with drains and sanitary fittings in old and new houses; these officers
are under the direction and control of the surveyors.
Of the 319 inspectors now employed in London 38 are women. At the date of the last return
28 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 all the London districts except Bcrmondsey, Deptford, Greenwich, Hammersmith,
Shoreditch, Stepney and Stoke Newington.
Shirley F. Murphy,
Medical Officer of Health.
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