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Sanitary
Staff.
The increased staff have, as the table of Sanitary
operations shews been able to get through a much
larger amount of work than during any previous year. The
removal to the new offices has, by giving increased space,
enabled me to exercise a much closer supervision than formerly.
I have to express my satisfaction with the great zeal and
energy shown by the Chief Sanitary Inspector, Mr. Isaac
Young, during the year under report. The district Sanitary
Inspectors have got through their numerous and sometimes
disagreeable duties with great efficiency and with creditable regard
for the feelings of those amongst whom it is their duty to
act.
The increased amount and greater variety of duties cast
upon the Medical Officer of Health by the legislation of the
last few years renders it necessary for him to be able to rely
upon the skilled and trained assistance of his colleagues. The
great experience of the Vestry Clerk, Mr. Wilkins, has always
been placed freely at my disposal, for which I beg to record my
sincere thanks. I may pay similar tribute to my other
colleagues, Mr. J. T. Pilditch, the Surveyor; Mr. C. E. Cassal,
the Public Analyst; Mr. W. W. Young, the Solicitor, and indeed
the whole staff of the Vestry.
The Sanitary Committee and the Vestry generally have
been good enough to accord me the same support with which
I have been honoured for many years ; without which support
no officer responsible for the health and lives of the inhabitants
of so large and important a Parish as Battersea, could hope to
be able to efficiently carry out the duties which devolve upon
him.
W. H. KEMPSTER, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health for Battersea.