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London County Council 1907

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

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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.
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.Jk No. of houses let in lodgings on the register.No. of times a year these houses are inspected.
Males.Females.In- habited houses.Tenements.Tenements under & rooms.Overcrowded tenements.PopulationPoj dilation in tenements under 5 rooms.Population in overcrowded tenements.
Battersea11223,46238,98724,0893,032168,90788,99918,3811,8052,9991,85323312,9936,8461,414118Frequently.The chief inspector supervises generally, inspects in all cases of importance and where statutory proceedings are about to be taken, and is specially concerned with combined drainage. Eight have each an assigned district, in which they are concerned with duties under the Public Health Act. They supervise drainage of new buildings, for which they receive an additional £10 yearly. One takes samples under the Food and Drugs Acts, and inspects slaughterhouses, butchers' shops, sausage factories, ham and beef shops, etc. One inspects factories, workshops and workplaces. One (female) inspects places employing female labour, and investigates infantile deaths and cases of puerperal fever. She also visits the houses of children who are about to be discharged from isolation hospitals after scarlet fever and diphtheria, and inspects houses let in lodgings. One (female) investigates deaths of infants under one year, visits cases of non-notifiable infectious disease, visits children fed from the council s milk depot, and gives instructions to mothers in the feeding and care of infants. Part of her salary is wholly payable by the borough council.(a) 9 disinfecting assistants. (b) 5 drain-test-ing assistants.(c) 1 mortuary keeper and 1 temporary assistant.6
Ber- mondsey815,81729,07322,0644,307130,76086,15625,7261,9773,6342,75853816,34510,7693,216>at end °f 1907.4One supervises generally the work of the district inspectors, takes part in house-to-house inspection, and inspects bakehouses, slaughterhouses, cowhouses and houses let in lodgings, offensive trades, factories and workshops, etc. Each inspector has an assigned district, in which he carries out all the duties arising under the Public Health Act, Factory and Workshop, and Food and Drugs Acts. The inspectors also supervise drainage work reconstruction.(a) 6 disinfecting assistants. (b) 1 mortuary keeper.(c) 1 shelter caretaker (female).4 and 1 office youth.
Bethnal-green9114,00528,20923,7326,384129,68098,85338,4101,4002,8212,37363812,9689,8853,841495Twice in each year.One superintends, and in conjunction with the medical officer of health is responsible for the operations of the entire sanitary staff. Six have each an allotted district, in which they are concerned with duties arising under the Public Health Act including the inspection of registered tenement houses. One is concerned with work under the Food and Drugs Acts, the inspection of meat, etc. One supervises the drainage and enforcement of by-laws during construction of new buildings. (The whole of the salary of this officer is paid by the borough council.) One (female) investigates cases of measles and diarrhoea, and reports on the sanitary condition of the premises. She visits houses where births have occurred, and inspects workshops where women are employed.(a) 1 general assistant. (b) 4 disinfectors (c) mortuary keeper5
Camber-well12136,67156,98531,9264,073259,339117,64825,0122,8214,3832,45631319,9499,0501,924217Once, and at irregular periods.One is concerned with smoke nuisances and with work under the Food and Drugs Act, and is emergency inspector under all Acts of Parliament relating to public health. Eleven have each an allotted district in which they carry out duties arising under the Public Health and Factory and Workshop Acts and on occasions under the Food and Drugs Act. One (female) is chiefly concerned with laundries, factories and workshops employing female labour.(a) 1 superin tendent and 7 disinfecting as sistants. (b) 1 mortuary keeper.5, in addition to chief clerk, who was formerly a sanitary inspector.
L'helsea318,64117,46712,0821,91473,84237,72310,6592,1604,3673,02047818,4609,4312,665602Not specially visited, but visited as part of ordinary house - to -house inspection.One acts as chief inspector and carries out duties connected with infectious disease and complaints, and obtains samples under the Food and Drugs Act. Two have an allotted district, in which each is concerned with house-to-house inspection, and inspection under the Factory and Workshop Act, and (with assistants) with the disinfection of clothing and bedding at the disinfecting station. One (female) is concerned with inspection of workshops and outworkers' homes where female labour is employed. She also makes special investigations, and visits mothers of newly-born infants.(a) mortuary keeper, who assists disinfectors when required. (&) 2 disinfecting and drain-testing assistants.None.
_| purposes of thn report the terra "overcrowded tenements" is applied to those tenements of less thin 5 rooms which at the date of the 1901 census were occncied D.the extent of more than two persons per room. *17422A 2