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London County Council 1906

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Table: SANITARY OFFICERS.

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SANITARY OFFICERS.

Metropolitan borough.	Number of sanitary inspectors.		Census, 1901.														Houses let in lodgings.		Duties of sanitary inspector.	Assistants.	Clerical staff.
	Number of sanitary inspectors.		Inhabited houses.	Total tenements.	Tenements under 5 rooms.	* Overcrowded tenements-	Population.	Population in tenements under 5 rooms.	Population in overcrowded tenements.	Average per sanitary inspector.							No. of . houses let in lodgings on the register.	No. of times a year these houses are inspected.
	Males.	Females.	Inhabited houses.	Total tenements.	Tenements under 5 rooms.	* Overcrowded tenements-	Population.	Population in tenements under 5 rooms.	Population in overcrowded tenements.	Inhabited houses.	Tenements.	Tenements under 5 rooms.	Overcrowded tenements.	Population	Population in tenements under 5 rooms.	Population in overcrowded tenements.	No. of . houses let in lodgings on the register.	No. of times a year these houses are inspected.
Lewisham	8	2	22,750	27,701	8,561	535	127,495	2,8928	3,416	2,275	2,770	856	53	12,749	2,893	342	17	Weekly.	Six have each an assigned district in which they carry out general sanitary duties. One is engaged on duties arising under the Factory and Workshop Act, smoke nuisances and special inspections. One is engaged in house-to-house inspection. Two (females) visit laundries, workplaces, &c., where females are employed, and make special investigations into cases of infectious disease, infantile mortality, etc.	(a) 6 disinfecting assistants. (A) 2 drain-testing assistants.	3
Paddington	10	2	17,684	33,661	21,815	3,404	143,976	73,232	19,531	1,474	2,805	1,818	284	11,998	6,103	1,628	1330	Six or more times.	Six each supervise a district, performing all duties tinder the Public Health (London) Act; they take charge of drainage works in existing buildings, and attend to notified cases of infectious disease, but one also carries out small duties under the Canal Boats Act, for which a separate salary is assigned. (N.B.—Drainage works in new buildings under direction of surveyor). One has supervision of workshops and work-places, and has generally the enforcement of the Factory and Workshop Acts. Two attend to houses let in lodgings, and the enforcement of by-laws under section 94, Public Health (London) Act, 1891. One has to watch food supplies, and inspect slaughterhouses, cowsheds, dairies, refreshment houses, etc. Ice-cream inspection also falls to him. Two (female) inspect all workplaces where women are employed, and make enquiries into infectious disease not scheduled for notification.	(a) inspector under the Food and Drugs Act. (b) mortuary keeper. (c) caretaker and wife at shelter. (d) 4 navvies (employed for opening defective drains, etc.). (f) 1 disinfecting assistant.	4
Poplar	8	1	22,613	35,787	26,216	4,414	168,822	105,497	27,700	2,513	3,976	2,913	490	18,758	11,2 72	3,078	969	A large number very frequently and many also at night.	Seven have eacli an assigned district in which they carry out duties under the Public Health, Metropolis Management, Factory and Workshop, Food and Drugs, and Canal Boats Acts. One visits houses let in lodgings. One (female) inspects all places where female labour is employed, and sanitary offices of schools for girls. Also makes enquiries under L.C.C. General Powers Act as to verminous clothing.	(a) 1 chief and 4 disinfecting assistants. (b) 5 labourers (who assist inspectors). (c) 1 female attendant at the Glaucus - street shelter.	4 and 1 office youth.
St. Mary-lebone	*7	*2	13,536	31,623	22,947	5,180	133,301	74,153	28,147	1,504	3,514	2,549	575	j 14,811	8,239	3,127	758	Bye-laws sent to L.G.B. for approval.	Five have each an allotted district in which they are concerned with all duties arising under the Public Health and Food and Drugs Acts, etc. They supervise all drainage work, loth as regards new premises and reconstruction. One is concerned with duties arising under the Factory and Workshop Act and deals with smoke nuisances. One (temporary) acts as dust inspector. One (female) is concerned with duties arising under the Factory and Workshop Act. One (female, temporary) inspects cases of phthisis, schools, and under the Cleansing of Persons Act, &c.	(a) 3 disinfecting assistants. (b) mortuary keeper. (c) caretaker of shelter (female)	1 chief and 2 assistant clerks.
St. Pan-eras	15	2	23,715	57,045	45,023	10,158	235,517	155,790	56,423	1,395	3,355	2,648	597	13,842	9,164	3,319	2192 at end of 1905.	Twice a year.	Thirteen inspectors have each an assigned diestrict in which they deal with infectious diseases, complaints, drainage and nuisances generally. Two inspectors carry out the Food and Drug;s Acts and the by-laws regulating slaughter-houses and dairies. One of these inspectors also carries out duties under the Canal Boat b Act. Of the two female inspectors one visits factories and workshops, and the other, in addition to the duties of a sanitary inspector, makes inquiries into infantile mortality.	(o) 3 disinfecting assistants and 1 generalassistant (4) caretaker of mortuaries and coroner's court and 1 contact shelter attendant, and attendant at cleansing station and children'sbaths	1 chief clerk, 7 assistant clerks.

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