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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 inspectors.		\| Census, 1901.														Houses let in lodgings.		Duties of sanitary inspector.	Assistants.	Clerical staff.
	Number of sanitary inspectors.		Inhabited bouses.	Total tenements.	fenements under 5 rooms.	* Over-crowded tenements-	Population.	Population in tenements under 6 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 bouses.	Total tenements.	fenements under 5 rooms.	* Over-crowded tenements-	Population.	Population in tenements under 6 rooms.	Population in overcrowded tenements.	In- habited houses.	Tenements.	Tenements under 5 rooms.	Overcrowded tenements.	Population	■ Population in tenements under & rooms.	Population in overcrowded tenements.	No. of houses let in lodgings on the register.	No. of times a year these houses are inspected.
St. Pan- cras	14	2	23,715	57,045	45,023	10,158	235,317	155,790	56,423	1,482	3,565	2,814	635	14,707	9,737	3,526	2296 at end of 1906.	Twice a year.	Twelve inspectors have each an assigned district in which they deal with infectious diseases, complaints, drainage and nuisances generally. One of the inspectors also carries out duties under the Food and Drugs Act and the by-laws regulating slaughterhouses and dairies in his own district. Two inspectors carry out solely the duties under the Food and Drugs Act and the by-laws regulating slaughterhouses and dairies. One of these inspectors also carries out duties under the Canal Boats 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.	(à) 3 disinfecting-assistants and 1 general assistant. (á) caretaker of mortuary and coroner's court and 1 contact shelter attendant and at-t e n d a n t at cleansing station and children's baths.	1 chief clerk, 7 assistant clerks.
Shore- ditch	6	—	1 12,743	27,031	22,940	6,269	118,637	89,580	35,529	2,124	4,505	3,823 #	1,045	19,773 •	14,930 1	5,921	272	If found on inspection to be kept in a satisfactory sanitary condition once a year only. If not, the houses are inspected as often as may be necessary to secure im-p rovement. Some houses have required frequent visits at short intervals. 419 visits in 1907.	One chief inspector who is not restricted to a district is concerned with duties under the Public Health and Factory and Workshop Acts, and generally superintends and assists other inspectors. Also attends to the registration of houses let in lodgings. Each of the five other inspectors has an allotted district in which he performs the various duties arising under the Public Health and Factory and Workshop Acts, including the abatement of smoke-nuisances, the supervision of drainage work, both in new and existing houses, and the testing of drains. Each inspector is required to take four samples per fortnight under the Food and Drugs Act, and from time to time to be on duty in the street markets on Saturday evenings and Sundays with a view to taking samples and watching the quality of the food stuff exposed for sale. The inspectors are not restricted to their own districts for taking samples under the Food and Drugs Act. One of the district inspectors is on duty for the purposes of food inspection and for taking samples under the Food and Drugs Act on each evening of the week between 6 and 10 p.m. Two inspectors are on duty on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings.	(a) 1 general assistant. (b) 1 disinfector and 2 assistants. (c) 1 mortuary keeper. (d) caretaker( female) of shelter. I	3
South- wark	13	3	20,878	47,808	39,612	8,133	206,180	147,923	46,073	1,305	2,988	2,476	508	12,886	9,245	2,880	1241	At least four times a year. Many monthly, some weekly.	One (male) chief inspector supervises generally the work of the other male inspectors. One acts as a Food and Drugs inspector. Ten inspectors have each an assigned district in which they are concerned with duties under the Public Health Act, and the inspection of factories and workshops. One inspector examines food at the wharves and at other places in the borough where it is stored. One (female) chief inspector visits workshops and does special work. Two female inspectors visit houses let in lodgings. •	(a) 11 disinfecting assistants. (b) 2 mortuary keepers, and a superintendent and his wife at receptionhouse. The superintendent is concerned with infectious disease. (r) 1 assistant drain tester.	6
Stepney	18	—	31,462	61,113	49,182	16,541	298,600	209,200	99,179\|	1,748	3,395	2,732	919 *	16,589	11,622	5,510	2784	Some of the best are only visited once or twice a year. Others are visited practically every month.	Fifteen have each an allotted district, and are concerned with duties arising under the Public Health, Factory and Workshop and Food and Drugs Acts. These inspectors supervise the construction of drainage work in old as well as new houses as far as the front wall of the house. One inspector has also duties under the Canal Boats Act. Two are concerned with houses let in lodgings. One inspects wharves and the food stuffs landed there.	(a) 14 disinfecting and general assistants.	7
Stoke Ne wing-ton	3	–—	7,717	11,824	5,813	497	51,247	18,611	2,835	2,572	3,941	1,938	166	17,082	6,204	945	243	All once, some twice annual- ly.	The three inspectors have each an assigned district in which they carry out general sanitary duties.	(a) 1 disinfecting assistant.	1