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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH,
Report on the Adequacy of the Sanitary Staff, 1912,
by
THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Town Hall,
Old Street, E.C.
May Uth, 1912.
To the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee.
Gentlemen,
I beg to report on the adequacy of the Staff of the Health Department
in accordance with your instructions. In doing so it will be convenient to deal
with the subject as briefly as possible under the following headings :—
1. The past history of the Department, with a view to showing where
increases have taken place in the work and the provision made for
coping with them.
2. Statistical information as to the Borough and the number of Sanitary
Inspectors employed.
3. Health Visiting in the Borough.
4. The work of the Clerical Staff.
5. Summary.
6. Recommendations.
7. Financial considerations.
There is no intention in this report of dealing in detail with the work of the
Department. A full summary as to that is given every year in my annual report.
Only such matters are here touched upon as appear to have a direct bearing upon
the subject under consideration.
1.—PAST HISTORY.
Prior to the year 1890, the number of sanitary inspectors employed in Shoreditch
never exceeded two. In November of that year an additional inspector was
appointed as the result of a public enquiry which was held by direction of the Secretary
of State, in consequence of allegations as to the insanitary condition of certain
premises in the district. In January, 1892, when the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, came into operation, another inspector was appointed, thus raising the number
to four. In 1893, the staff of the Department consisted of a Medical Officer of