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98 Annual Report of the London County Council, 1912.
DETAILS AS TO THE SANITARY STAFF IN THE SEVERAL SANITARY DISTRICT!
OF LONDON, APRIL, 1912.
Battersea.—Population, 1911—'167,793.
A medical officer of health (whole time appointment), £600 per annum.
Eleven men inspectors ; one woman inspeotor, who is appointed also as health visitor; one health visitor.
1 chief inspector £325 per annum.
1 food inspector £200 „
1 inspector £190 „
7 inspectors £18Q „
1 insDector £150 ,,
1 woman inspector 195 per annum,
(receives also as health visitor
£30 per annum)
1 health visitor £120„
The district inspectors receive, in addition,10£ per annum tor new drainage worK.
Assistants.—(a) 9 disinfecting assistants; (6) 5 drain-testing assistants; (c) 1 mortuary keeper and 1
temporary assistant.
Clerical staff.—Six clerks are engaged upon duties arising out of the work of the department.
Duties of inspectors.—The chief inspector supervises the work of the sanitary inspectors, 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 and other
Acts. They supervise drainage of new buildings, for which they receive an additional £10 yearly.
The food inspector 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.
The woman inspector is concerned with duties under Public Health Act, investigates deaths of infants under
one year, visits children fed from the Council's milk depot, and gives instructions to mothers in the feeding and care
of infants.
The health visitor is concerned with duties under the Notification of Births Act and the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations.
Bermondsey.—Population, 1911—125,960.
A medical officer of health (whole time appointment), £600 per annum.
Eleven men inspectors; two health visitors.
1 food inspector £135 per annum,
(also receives £135 per annum
as assistant under unsound
food regulations)
1 food inspector £175 „
(also receives £25 per annum
as assistant under unsound
food regulations)
1 food inspector £200 per annum.
3 inspectors £180 „
2 inspectors £165 „
3 inspectors £150 „
1 health visitor £110 „
1 health visitor £105 „
Assistants.—(a) 6 disinfecting assistants ; (b) 1 mortuary keeper ; (c) 1 shelter caretaker (female).
Clerical staff.—Four clerks and one office youth are engaged in the work of the department.
Duties of inspectors.—Eight inspectors have each an assigned district, in which they carry out all the duties
arising under the Publio Health Act and Factory and Workshop Acts. The inspectors also supervise drainage work
reconstruction.
One special inspector devotes his whole time to the inspection of food landed at wharves and riverside premises,
acting under the Publio Health Act, the Unsound Food, and Foreign Meat Regulations.
The two food inspectors act under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, each having an assigned district extending
over half the borough. One of these inspectors acts as deputy inspector to the special wharves inspector, and
also devotes a small part of his time to the examination of food under the Unsound Food Regulations.
The health visitors have duties under the Notification of Births Aot, visit houses after notification of pulmonary
tuberculosis, and inquire into deaths of infants.
Bethnal Green.—Population, 1911—128,282,
A medical officer of health (part time appointment), £400 per annum.
Nine men inspectors; one woman inspector.
1 chief inspector £325 per annum,
(also receives £75 per annum
for other duties)
8 inspectors £200 „
1 woman inspector £114 per annum.
(also receives £6 per annum
as health visitor)
Assistants.—(a) One general assistant; (b) one leading disinfector ; and three disinfectors ; (c) one mortuary
keeper.
Clerical staff.—There are six clerks.
Duties of inspectors.—The chief inspector, 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 makes special visits and inquiries over the whole of the borough.
The woman inspector investigates cases of diarrhoea, and other diseases of young children, reports on the sanitary
condition of the premises, and visits houses where births have occurred.
Camberwell.—Population, 1911—261,357.
A medical officer of health (whole time appointment), £800 per annum.
Tu-pK-r mpn insneetors ; r»ne woman insnector.
1 food inspector £250 per annum.
7 inspectors £200 „
1 inspector £190 „
1 woman inspector £150 „
1 inspector £167 per annum.
1 inspector £137 „
1 inspector £127 „
Assistants.—(a) 1 superintendent and 7 disinfecting assistants; (b) 1 mortuary keeper.
Clerical staff.—There are five clerks in addition to the chief clerk, who was formerly a sanitary inspector.
Duties of inspectors.—The inspector who carries out work under the Food and Drugs Acts is emergency inspector
under all Acts of Parliament relating to public health, and is also concerned with smoke nuisances.
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 Acts.
The woman inspector is chiefly concerned with laundries, factories and workshops employing female labour.