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In consequence of resignations two new Sanitary Inspectors
have been appointed during the year at salaries commencing at
£120, rising by annual increments of £10 to £150 per annum,
the maximum salary having previously been £120 per annum.
A General Assistant and Disinfecter has also been appointed
in lieu of the plan of employing a person to fumigate infected
rooms by contract. At the same time the opportunity was
taken to substitute covered trucks for the old horse ambulance
used for the removal of infected bedding, clothing, &c., to and
from the Disinfecting Chamber. By this arrangement a saving
of £75 per annum was made towards the increased expenditure
(the average cost of horsing ambulance being £45 and fumigating
rooms £30 per annum), and the advantage was also gained of
having another officer in the Department without, as had been
recommended, appointing a third Sanitary Inspector.
Besides those already mentioned I have made numerous
Reports to your Public Health Committee on the various
matters which have occupied its attention during the year, and
have also visited 135 dwelling-houses, factories, and workshops
of which complaints have been received, and in every instance
in which the Vestry's Notice has not been complied with.
In those cases in which summonses have been granted I have
attended the Police Court in support of the same, and with the
hope that the work of the Public Health Department has been
on the whole satisfactory to your Vestry,
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
G. E. YARROW, M.D.., D.P.H., &c.
Vestry Hall, City Road,
April 30th, 1897.