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London County Council 1907

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Table: SANITARY OFFICERS.

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SANITARY OFFICERS.

Metropolitan borough.	Number of sanitary inspectoi s.		\| Census, 1901.														Houses let in lodgings.		Duties of sanitary inspector.	Assistants.	Clerical staff.
	Number of sanitary inspectoi s.		Inhabited houses.	Total tenements.	Tenements under 5 rooms.	* Overcrowded tenements-	Population.	Population in tenements under 5 rooms.	Population in overcrowded tenements.	J Average per sanitary inspector. J							I 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 roou.s.	Overcrowded tenements.	Population	Population in tenements under 5 rooms.	Popula-tiou in overcrowded tenements.	I No. of houses let in lodgings on the register.	No. of times a year these houses are inspected.
Hampstead	6	1	11,294	16,998	7,178	864	81,942	24,211	5,215	1,613	2,428	1,025	123	11,706	3,459	745	► 315	No fixed number of times. Frequency of inspection is governed by character of liouses.	One supervises generally, makes special inspections, investigates cases of infectious diseases and is responsible for work of disinfecting assistants. Four have each an allotted district, in which they are concerned with duties arising under the Public Health Act. One carries out the inspection of slaughterhouses, dairies, factories and workshops, and takes all samples under the Food and Drugs Act. One (female) is engaged in the inspection of premises where females are employed, and makes special investigations.	(a) 3 disinfecting assistants. (b) 3 drain-testing assistants, one of whom acts as mortuary keeper.	3 and 1 clerk draughtsman.
Holborn	3	1	4,703	13,790	10,77	2,783	59,405	35,724	14,875	1,176	3,447	2,693	696	14,851	8,931	3,719	686	All houses inspected once. Many more frequently, and in 6ome cases weekly.	Three have each an allotted district, in which they are concernedj with duties arising under the Public Health, Factory and Workshop and Food and Drug Acts. One (female) is engaged on special inspections under the direction of! the medical officer, such as factories and workshops, restaurants where females are employed, outworkers' homes, in connection with the prevention of consumption, the non-notifiable infectious diseases, and infantile mortality. She also carries out duties under the sale of Food and Drugs Acts.	(à) 2 disinfecting assistants. (á) 1 mortuary keeper.	2
Islington	20	2	38,645	79,129	55,801	10,071	334,991	196,423	56,948	1,757	3,597	2,536	458	15,227	8,928	2,589	Under newj bylaws no register is kept.	The number of times varies.	One chief inspector supervises work of staff and visits premises when it is necessary to serve a statutory notice. Fourteen have each an allotted district, in which they are concerned with duties arising under the Public Health Act (except as regards houses let in lodgings and workshops), and also inspect milkshops and dairies and visit ice-cream factories. One inspects workshops, workplaces and bakehouses. Two inspect houses let in lodgings. One carries out duties under the Food and Drugs Acts. One inspects meat, food, cowsheds and offensive trade premises. Two (females) inspect workshops and out-workers' homes where females are employed and restaurant kitchens.	(a) 2 permanent and 2 tempo-r a r y d i s i n-fectors.	7
Kensing - ton	11	2 1	22,131	38,349	21,115	4,599	176,628	73,425	26,207	1,702	2,950	1,624	354	13,587	5,648	2,016	2052	Variable, according to requirement of ind i v i d u a 1 cases.	One is chief inspector, without a district, and exercises supervision. Ten have each an allotted district, in which they are concerned with all duties arising under the Public Health (London) Act. They also obtain samples under the Food and Drugs Acts. Two act at one time for three months and then are exempt from this duty for 12 months. No inspector collects samples for analysis in his own district. Two (female) are engaged mainly in the inspection of workshops, workplaces, laundries, etc., where females are employed, but also make inquiries into cases of pulmonary consumption, measles, whooping cough and infantile diarrhcea.	(a) an inquiry officer for cases of infectious diseases who is also overseer of disinfection of houses and infected articles, w and 3 disinfec-tors, including one man who acts as engineer. (b) mortuary keeper. (c) sanitary la-bourer for assisting in testing drains. (d) 2 female health visitors for the prevention of infant mortality in connection with the Noti-fication of Births Act.	5