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Inspectors, and although a Sub-Committee appointed to consider the
question recommended that an additional Sanitary Inspector should be
appointed, together with an Assistant Clerk in the Sanitary Department,
as much of the time of the Inspectors is at present taken up by clerical
work, the Vestry declined to act on the recommendation. No excuse
on the ground of enforced economy can be alleged, since if the
Inspectors were reappointed under the Local Government Board the
half of their salaries could be obtained from the London County
Council, so that should the Vestry persist in their refusal to employ an
adequate staff the inference will be unavoidable that they are unwilling
that the Acts—for the faithful administration of which, in the interests
of the public health, they, as the Sanitary Authority, are responsible—
should be properly carried out.
I have given a resume of the work done in the Sanitary Department
during the year, but cannot conclude without recording my
opinion that the thanks of the Vestry are due to the Sanitary Inspectors
and the Sanitary Clerk for the zeal and discretion with which they
have carried out the important duties devolving on them.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J. CHARLES JACKSON.
Feb., 1894 Medical Officer of Health.