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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Sanitary Inspectors, 1931.
| District. | Population (Census) 1931 | Male. | Female. | Health Visitors. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole time. | Part time. | Whole time. | Part time. | Whole time. | Part time. | ||
| City of London | 10,999 | 25 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Battersea | 159,552 | 11 | — | — | 2* | 8 | 2* |
| (* Act both as Sanitary Inspectors and Health Visitors.) | |||||||
| Bermondsey | 111,542 | 12 | — | — | — | 10 | — |
| Bethnal Green | 108,194 | 11 | — | — | — | 12 | — |
| Camberwell | 251,294 | 12 | — | 2† | — | 3 | 2† |
| (Including 1 Food & Drug Inspector & 1 Food Inspector.) | († The two Female Sanitary Inspectors also act as part-time Health Visitors.) | ||||||
| Chelsea | 59,031 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| (Excluding 3 Chelsea Health Society Visitors, subsidised by Council .) | |||||||
| Deptford | 106,891 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Finsbury | 69,888 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 6 | |
| Fulham | 150,928 | 10 | — | 1 | — | 7 | — |
| Greenwich | 100,924 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 10 | — |
| (Including 3 T.B. Visitor.) | |||||||
| Hackney | 215,333 | 19 | — | 1 | — | 16 | — |
| (Including 2 T.B. Visitors) | |||||||
| Hammersmith | 135,523 | 11 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — |
| Hampstead | 88,947 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Holborn | 38,860 | 3 | — | — | 1* | 1 | 1* |
| (.Acts both as Sanitary Inspector and Health Visitor.) | |||||||
| Islington | 321,795 | 19 | — | 2 | — | 8 | — |
| Kensington | 180,677 | 11 | — | — | 7* | — | 7* |
| (Including 1 Food Inspector.) | (* Act both as Sanitary Inspectors and Health Visitors.) | ||||||
| Lambeth | 296,147 | 15 | — | 2 | — | 6 | |
| (Including Visitors.) | 2 T.B. | ||||||
| Lewisham | 219,953 | 10 | — | — | — | 9 | — |
| Paddington | 144,923 | 9 | — | 2 | — | 8 | 1 |
| Poplar | 155,089 | 14 | — | 1 | —_ | 12 | — |
| (Including 2 Meat & Food Inspectors.) | (Includes 3 T.B. visitors. Excludes 9 Vol. Assoc . Health Visitors) (plus 1 Sister Incharge o f Light Centre) | ||||||
| St. Marylebone | 97,627 | 8 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 4. |
| St. Pancras | 198,133 | 15 | — | 1 | 17 | 5* | |
| (Including 2 Food Inspectors and 1 Factory and Workshop Inspector.) | (Factory A Workshop Act.) | (* Act both as Sanitary Inspectors and Health Visitors.) | |||||
| Shoreditch | 97,042 | 13 | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| Southwark | 171,695 | 13 | — | 1 | — | 9 | — |
| Stepney | 225,238 | 19 | — | — | — | 11 | — |
| Stoke Newington | 51,208 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Wandsworth | 353,110 | 17 | — | — | — | 9 | — |
| Westminster, City of | 129,579 | 12 | — | 1 | — | 8 | —_ |
| Woolwich | 146,881 | 11 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Total County of London | 4,397,003 | 333 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 206 | 26 |
| Total for 1921 | 4,484,523 | 335 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 200 | 25 |