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Police Force.—The following is a list of divisions and stations, showing the rank of officer in charge of each station. The figures at the end of each paragraph denote the total strength of the division:
A OR WHITEHALL DIVISION.
Andrew Gernon, Supt. Station: Gt. Scotland-yard.— Inspectors: 22, King-st, Westminster; Hyde-park. 577.
B OR WESTMINSTER DIVISION.
Wm. Hayes, Supt. — Inspectors:Rochester-row, Vincent-square; Cottage-rd, Pimlico; Walton-st, Brompton. 550.
C OR ST. JAMES’S DIVISION.
Joseph Henry Dunlap, Supt— Inspectors: Little Vine-st, Piccadilly; Marlborough-mews, Marlborough-st. 354
D as MARYLEBONE DIVISION. George Draper, Supt.— Inspectors:Marylebone-lane; Molyneux-st. 353
E OR HOLBORN DIVISION.
James J. Thornson, Supt.— Inspectors: 34, Bow-st ; Tottenham-court-rd; Hunter-st, Brunswick-sq. 558
G OR FINSBURY DIVISION.
William Fidge, Supt.— Inspectors: King’s - cross- rd, Clerkenwell; Old-st, St. Luke’s. 382.
H OR WHITECHAPEL DIVISION.
Thos. Arnold Supt. — Inspectors: Leman.st, Whitechapel; Commercial-st, Shoreditch. 309.
K OR STEPNEY DIVISION.
GeorgeTurner, Supt.— Inspectors: Arbour-st Stepney; East India. dock-rd, Poplar; King David’s-lane, Shadwell; Bethnal Green; Bow-rd; Great Ilford; West Ham-lane; Plaistow; Barking; Barking Side; Isle of Dogs; Dagenham; North Woolwich. Sergeant: Chadwell Heath.
Constable: Mile End-rd. 776.
L OR LAMBETH DIVISION.
James Brennan, Supt.— Inspectors: Kennington-lane; Kennington-rd. 293.
M OR SOUTHWARK DIVISION.
Thomas Garforth, Supt. — Inspectors: Blackman-st, Southwark; 63, Bermondsey-st, Bermondsey. 384.
N OR ISLINGTON DIVISION.
William F. Green, Supt.— Inspectors: High-st, Stoke Newington; Dalston-lane, Dalston; Upper-st, Islington; Kingsland-rd, Hoxton; Mare-st, Hackney; Lea Bridge-rd, Walthamstow; Wanstead; Leytonstone; Woodford ; Loughton; Waltham Abbey; Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey. Sergeants: Chingford; Chigwell; Enfield-lock (Small Arms Factory). 753.
P OR CAMBERWELL DIVISION.
Thomas Butt, Supt.— Inspectors:Carter-street Walworth; Clock House, Peckham; Gipsey-hill, Norwood; Bromley; Sydenham; Camberwell-green; Penge; 3 & 4, Vicarage-ter, Lewisham; Rodney-rd; Beckenham; Lock’s Bottom, Farnborough; Dulwich; Knight’s-hill, Lower Norwood. 590.
K OR GREENWICH DIVISION.
Inspectors: Blackheath-rd, Greenwich; William-st, Woolwich; Lee-road ; Shooter’s Hill Paradise -street, Rotherhithe Prince-street, Deptford; Park-row, East Greenwich; Eltham; St. Mary’s Cray; Sidcup;  Bexley Heath; Erith; Chislehurst. 464.
S OR HAMPSTEAD DIVISION.
Chas. J. Q’Logan, Supt.— Inspectors: 104, Albany-st, Regent’s-park; New-st, Portland Town; Roslyn-st, Hampstead; High-st, Barnet; Whitechurch-lane Edgware; High-st, Bushey South Mimms; Hendon; Shenley Whetstone; Elstree Finchley. 529.
T OR KENSINGTON DIVISION.
Wm. Fisher, Supt— Inspectors: Kensington; Chelsea; Hammer-smith; Brentford; Bedfont;  Chiswick; Fulham; Hampton; Hounslow; Isleworth: Twickenham; Hampton; Sunbury
Staines; Teddington; Norwood Green. 667.
V OR WANDSWORTH DIVISION
Charles Digby, Supt.— Inspectors: Love-la, Wandsworth; Battersea-bridge-rd; George-st, Richmond; London-rd, Kingston; Epsom; Barnes; Ditton; Putney ; Wimbledon; Wandsworth-common. 428.
W OR CLAPHAM DIVISION.
William Wiseman, Supt. — Inspectors: Brixton; Clapham; Croydon; Streatham; Sutton; Carshalton; Banstead; Tooting; Mitcham ; South Norwood. 467.
X OR PADDINGTON DIVISION
Hugh Eccles, Supt.— Inspectors: Notting Hill; Notting Dale; Paddington; Harrow-rd; Hanwell; Uxbridge; Kilburn; Acton; Willesden; Harrow; Ealing ; Harefield; Ruislip; Hayes. 548.
Y OR HIGHGATE DIVISION.
Edwd. Worels, Supt— Inspectors: Kentish Town; Somers Town. Caledonian-road; Holloway
Highgate; Tottenham; Enfield Town; Southgate; Edmonton ; Enfield Highway; Cheshunt;
Wood Green; Potter’s Bar. 627.
THAMES DIVISION.
William Astlin, Supt.— Inspectors: Wapping, near the River; Waterloo Pier; the Ship Royalist, lying off Folly-wall, Poplar; Station Cutter Spray, Erith. 150.
CHATHAM DOCKYARD DIVISION.
John Smith, Supt. —Inspectors:  Chatham Dockyard; Sheerness Dockyard. Sergeants: Chatham
Naval Hospital; Chatham Gun Wharf. 160.
DEVONPORT DOCKYARD DIVISION
William Wakeford, Supt.— Inspectors: Devonport Dockyard; Keyham Factory Yard; Stone-house Victualling Yard; St. George’s Hall, Stonehouse; Royal Magazine, Bull Point.
Sergeants: Stonehouse Naval Hospital; Gun Wharf; Devon-port. 155
PEMBROKE DOCKYARD DIVISION.
Inspector: Pembroke Dockyard. 24.
PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD DIVISION.
Archibald M’Donald, Supt.— Inspectors: Portsmouth Dockyard; Gosport Victualling Yard; Haslar Naval Hospital, 202.
WOOLWICH DOCKYARD DIVISION. Thomas E. Hindes Supt —Inspectors: Woolwich Roya1 Arsenal; Woolwich Dockyard; Greenwich Naval College; Deptford Victualling Yard. 174.

Charles Dickens (Jr.), Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879