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ADMINISTRATION.
In addition to the record of work under each of the preceding headings of this report,
it is necessary to submit a summary of certain of the main branches of Public Health
administration.
STAFF OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Medical Officers.— No change in the medical staff of the Public Health Department
occurred during the year.
Male Sanitary Inspectors.— The normal staff is ten District Inspectors. For the
purposes of sanitary inspection, the Borough is divided into ten districts, one of which is
allotted to each of the ten inspectors, who carry out duties under the Public Health Acts, the
Housing Acts, the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, the London County Council (General Powers)
Acts and, so far as men's factories and workshops are concerned, under the Factory and
Workshops Act.
Mr. Henry Dawes, who is the Sanitary Inspector for No. 10 District (Brompton area), holds
the position of Senior Sanitary Inspector in accordance with the requirements of Section 7 of
the Public Health (Officers) Act, 1921. In addition to his ordinary work as a District Inspector,
he carries out special duties under the Rag Flock Act and under the Milk (Special Designations)
Order.
Consequent on the Council's Special Housing Resolutions of 11th January, 1923, a Temporary
Sanitary Inspector was engaged throughout the year in the inspection, measuring up and
registration of houses let in lodgings and in issuing the necessary Sanitary Notices required to
bring these houses up to the standard of habitability decided upon by the Council. With a view
to speeding up this work, the Council, in the early part of the year, appointed a second Temporary
Sanitary Inspector who commenced duty on 14th April, 1924. These two Temporary Officers
have been engaged in the Golborne, St. Charles and Norland Wards.
A summary of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors will be found in Tables Nos. VI and VIa of
the Appendix, columns 4a and 5a in each table representing the work of the two Temporary
Officers.
Women Health Officers.— There are nine ladies appointed as Women Health Officers. Seven
are engaged in the work of visiting mothers of the poorer classes and advising them in the care and
management of their infants, and in assisting with the work of the seven Infant Welfare Centres.
They also devote a portion of their time to the inspection of factories and workshops where women
are employed, and in visiting cases of ophthalmia, enteritis, measles, whooping cough and
consumption. Two Women Health Officers (Miss Hargrave and Miss Haycock) are employed on
in-door work at the Dispensary.
During the year, Mrs. Neve, who had been in the Council's serv'ce since 1922, resigned her
office in order to study for a medical degree. She was succeeded by Miss Hamilton.
Clerical Staff.—There are seven clerks and a shorthand-typist, a fifth class Clerk
having been added to the staff in order to cope with the increase of work thrown on the Public
Health Department in connection with housing.
Mr. E. R. Hill, Chief Clerk in the Public Health Department, died on the 13th January, 1925,
after a brief illness. Mr. Hill had been in the service of the Council for a period of over 36 years
and discharged his duties with ability and zeal. In addition to performing the work attached to
the position of Chief Clerk in the Department, he had been responsible for many years for the
compilation of the statistics and the preparation of the tables which appear in my Annual, Monthly
and other Reports. His skill as a statistical officer was marked and his loss will be severely felt.
Other Staff—There are :—
(a) Five Disinfectors, including a man who acts as engineer.
(b) A Mortuary Keeper.
(c) A Sanitary Labourer who assists in drain testing.
(d) A Superintendent and Matron of the Medicinal Baths.
(e) A Rat Officer.
The Council lost a loyal officer in the death of Mr. William C. Webber, the Superintendent of
the Medicinal Baths, on 20th June, 1924, following an operation. The vacancy thus created was
filled by the appointment of Mr. Ernest McNie.
Particulars of the staff, as required by the Ministry of Health Circular No. 359, appear in
Table IX of the Appendix.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
Legal proceedings were instituted in 73 cases, particulars of which are summarised in the
following list:—