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The work of the Sanitary Department has been interfered
with by the suspension of two Inspectors for a period of
about a month, and also by the illness of the Notification Clerk.
In January, 1898, in consequence of a report that I
made to the Committee, it was decided to appoint two additional
Shorthand Clerks in the Sanitary Department. On the report
being presented to the Vestry, however," the previous question "
was carried.
The Vestry decided that in future the work of stripping
and washing rooms where cases of infectious disease have
occurred should be carried out by a contractor instead of as
heretofore by our own men. The matter was fully discussed in
the Sub-Committee and Committee. I think, however, that
the work could be done as expeditiously and as cheaply by our
own men, and we should have the additional advantage that
it would be our own staff who would be engaged in this duty,
and who would be more directly under the control of the
Medical Officer of Health.
In conclusion, I have to express my thanks to the
Inspectors and Clerks for the help that they have cheerfully
afforded me during the past year.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
FRANCIS STEVENS.
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