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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Sanitary Inspectors, 1930.
| District. | Popula- tion (Census) 1921 | Male. | Female. | Health Visitors. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole time. | Part time. | Whole time. | Part time. | Whole time. | Part time. | ||
| City of London | 13,709 | 23 | — | 1* | — | — | — |
| Battersea | 167,739 | 11 | 2* | 8 | 2* | ||
| (• Act hot h as Sanita ry Inspectors and Health Vis itors.) | |||||||
| Bermondsey | 119,452 | 12 | — | — | 10 | — | |
| Bethnal Green | 117,238 | 11 | — | — | 12 | — | |
| Camberwell | 267,198 | 12* | — | 2† | — | 3 | 2† |
| (Including 1 Food & Drug Inspector & 1 Food Inspector.) | (The two Female Sanitary Ins pectors also act as part-time Health Visitors.) | ||||||
| Chelsea | 63,697 | 4 | 1 | 1* | — | ||
| (Excludi ng 3 Chelsea Health Society Visitors, subsidised by Council.) | |||||||
| Deptford | 112,534 | 8 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 |
| Finsbury | 75,995 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 6 | — |
| Fulham | 157,938 | 10 | — | 1 | — | 7 | — |
| Greenwich | 100,450 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 10* | — |
| 222,142 | (Including 2 T.B. Visitors.) | ||||||
| Hackney | 19 | — | 1 | — | 15* . | — | |
| (*Including 2 T.B. Visitors.) | |||||||
| Hammersmith | 130,295 | 11 | — | 1 | — | _ 4 | — |
| Hampstead | 86,153 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Holborn | 43,192 | 3 | 1* | 1 | 1* | ||
| (Acts both as Sanitary Inspector and Health Vlsitors.) | |||||||
| Islington | 330,737 | 19 | — | 2 | 8 | — | |
| Kensington | 175,859 | 11* (•Including 1 Food Inspector.) | 7 | 7 | |||
| Lambeth | 302,868 | 16 | — | 52 | — | 6* | — |
| (Including 2 T.B. Visitors.) | |||||||
| Lewisham | 174,194 | 10 | — | 1 | — | 9 | — |
| Paddington | 144,261 | 9 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Poplar | 162,578 | 14* | — | 1 | — | 12* | — |
| (•Including 2 Meat A Food Inspectors.) | (* Includes 3 T.B. visitors. E xcludes 9 Vol. Assoc . Health Visitors) (p lus 1 Sister in charge o f Light Cen tre) totoal 28. | ||||||
| St. Marylebone | 104,173 | 8 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| St. Pancras | 211,366 | 15* | — | 1* | 5* | 17 | 5* |
| (Including 2 Food Inspectors and 1 Factory and Workshop Inspector.) | (* Factory & Workshop Act.) | (* Act both as Sanitary Inspectors and Health Vis itors.) | |||||
| Shoreditch | 104,248 | 13 | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| South wark | 184,404 | 13 | — | 1 | — | 10 | — |
| Stepney | 249,657 | 21 | — | — | — | 11 | — |
| Stoke Newington | 52,172 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Wandsworth | 328,307 | 18 | — | — | — | 8 | — |
| Westminster, City of | 141,578 | 12 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 3 |
| Woolwich | 140,389 | 11 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | — |
| Total County of London | 4,484,523 | 335 | 3 | 20 | 200 | 25 | |