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Training of Sanitary Inspectors.
Owing to the fact that all training of sanitary inspectors
was suspended throughout the period of the war there was a
scarcity of qualified men for public health work. In cooperation
with the Ministry of Labour, the Council adopted
a scheme of training for sanitary inspector students
involving a two years' course of study. Students are
required to work full-time in the public health department
where they receive practical training in the duties of
a sanitary inspector, and attend, at their own expense,
an approved course of study at a recognised technical institute
during the evenings. In the first year the Ministry of
Labour grant eligible students subsistence allowances, and,
in the second year, the Council employ these men as assistants
to the sanitary inspectors, subject to the usual conditions
of service. During the year, six ex-service men were
accepted by the Council as students under this scheme, and
the results, so far, have been satisfactory.