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In pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section 9 (5) of the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, as regards any
business carried on in any factory or workshop to which the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1901, applies, I hereby confirm the foregoing
by-laws.
R. McKenna,
One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State.
Whitehall,
24th March, 1914.
SANITARY STAFF.
On the 14th September I submitted to your Public
Health Committee the following report, dealing with
the rearranging of the duties of the Sanitary Staff,
which was adopted and came into operation on the
19th October, 1914.
14th September, 1914.
To the Public Health Committee of the Hammersmith
Borough Council.
Gentlemen,—i wish to bring before you for your consideration
a scheme for rearranging the duties of the Sanitary
Staff.
I understand that the matter has been the subject of much
correspondence and difference between this Council, the
Local Government Board, and the London County Council,
and that many reports have been made on the subject during
the past ten years.
The main contention of the Local Government Board
and the London County Council appeared to be that too
many of the Sanitary Inspectors were detailed for special
duties. This was alleged to cause overlapping, extra labour,
waste of time, and consequently a lesser degree of efficiency.
In 1902 Dr. Young, of the London County Council,
made an enquiry into the administration of the Public Health
Department of Hammersmith. In his report he mentions the
fact that there were at that time four of the Inspectors engaged
on special duties, which made it possible for all four of the
Inspectors and one District Inspector to be inspecting in the
same road at the same time. At the present time there are
five Special Inspectors, and therefore it is now possible for
six Inspectors to be in the same road at the same time.
The same defect in the administration was pointed out by