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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Sanitary Inspectors, 1929
| District. | Population Census (1921). | Male. | Female. | Health visitors. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole time. | Part time. | Whole time. | Part time. | Whole time. | Part time. | ||
| City of London | 13,709 | 23 | I | 1 | — | — | — |
| Battersea | 167,739 | 11 | 2* (* Act both and Health | 8 as Sanitary Visitors). | 2* Inspectors | ||
| Bermondsey | 119,452 | 14 | — | — | — | 8 | — |
| Bethnal Green | 117,238 | 11 | — | — | — | 12 | — |
| Camberwell | 267,198 | 12* | — | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| (*Including 1 Food and Drug Inspector and 1 Food Inspector). | |||||||
| Chelsea | 63,697 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1* | — |
| (*Excluding 3 Chelsea Health Society Visitors subsidised by Council) | |||||||
| Deptford | 112,534 | 8 | — | — | — | 8 | — |
| Finsbury | 75,995 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — |
| Fulham | 157,938 | 10 | — | 1 | — | 6 | — |
| Greenwich | 100,450 | 5 | 1 | — | 10* | — | |
| (*Including 3 T.B. Visitors). | |||||||
| Hackney | 222,142 | 19 | 2 | — | 16 | — | |
| Hammersmith | 130,295 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | — |
| Hampstead | 86,153 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Holborn | 43,192 | 3 | — | 1* | 1 | 1* | |
| (* Acts both as Sanitary Inspector and Health Visitor). | |||||||
| Islington | 330,737 | 19 | — | 2 | — | 8 | — |
| Kensington | 175,859 | 11* | — | 5 | — | 9 | — |
| (* Including 1 Food Inspector). | |||||||
| Lambeth | 302,868 | 16 | — | 2 | — | 6 | — |
| (*Including tors). | 2 T.B. Vial- | ||||||
| Lewisham | 174,194 | 10 | — | — | — | 9 | — |
| Paddington | 144,261 | 9 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Poplar | 162,578 | 12* | — | 1 | — | 12 | — |
| (* Including 2 Meat and Food Inspectors). | |||||||
| St. Marylebone | 104,173 | 8 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| St. Pancras | 211,366 | 15* | — | 1* | 4* | 19 | 4* |
| (*Including 2 food Inspectors and 1 Factory and Workshop Act Visitor). | (*Factory & Workshop Act.) | (*Act both as Sanitary Inspectors and Health Visitors). | |||||
| Shoreditch | 104,248 | 13 | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| Southwark | 184,404 | 12 | — | 1 | — | 10 | — |
| Stepney | 249,657 | 21 | — | — | — | 11 | — |
| Stoke Newington | 52,172 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| Wandsworth | 328,307 | 16 | — | — | — | 8 | — |
| Westminster, City of | 141,578 | 12 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 1 |
| Woolwich | 140,389 | 11 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Total County of London | 4,484 523 | 330 | 6 | 27 | 13 | 206 | 14 |
Examination
of milk.
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
Samples of milk forwarded to London from places outside the county are taken
and examined under the provisions of the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act,
1915. In 1929, 2,370 samples from milk consigned to London railway termini from
25 counties were submitted for biological examination: 7 of these samples were
taken from milk sent from Ireland. In the case of 2.084 samples, the biological