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Consideration was g iven to the future staffing requirements
of the Public Health Department and the following establishment
was authorised:-
Sanitary Inspectors.
10 District Inspectors.
1 Rodent Officer.
2 Housing Inspectors.
1 Sampling Officer.
1 Food Inspector.
1 Woman Sanitary
Inspector.
Clerical Staff.
1 Chief Clerk.
1 Infectious Diseases Clerk.
1 Senior Clerk.
1 Shorthand-typist.
1 Sanitary Administration Clerk.
3 General Division Clerks.
Owing to a general shortage of Inspectors, it was not
possible by the end of the year to bring the staff of I ns P e ctors
up to the approved establishment. It was therefore necessary
to reorganise the work to suit the prevailing conditions. In
recent years there have been two Ins pectors to supervise food
and food establishments in the Borough, but following the
retirement of one of these, each District Inspector was made
responsible for supervising food premises in his area, leaving
the Food Inspector to devote himself to the examination and
certification of unsound food and other special duties associated
with food products
The administrative changes changes which took place under the
Health Service Act also involved the transfer of 72 full-time
and 51 part-time members of the Public Health Department
to the South-East the London country council and 6 full-time officers
staff to the London Metropolitan Regional Hospitals Board.
These authorities may be regarded as fortunate in securing the
services of such highly experienced and efficient officers who, in
the past by their enthusiasm have materially assisted in bringing
about the satisfactiory sitaution existing at the time of the
transfer.
I am confident that the members of the transferred staff
individually and collectively will continue to render the same
loyal service and thus ensure that the Personal Health Services
continue to operate successfully. I should like to place on record
my acknowledgement of the valuable service they have rendered
to this Authority
I cannot speak less highly of the WOrk of those remain
in the Public Health Department; they deserve a tribute as
warm and as sincere. To the staff of the Department, therefore,
I express my appreciation of their assistance and I desire to