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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH
Mr. D.C. Draper
Chief Public Health Inspector
For the purpose of the routine inspection of premises and the
investigation of complaints, the borough is divided into four areas.
The overall supervision of each area is the responsibility of a
senior public health inspector. The four areas are sub-divided to
form twelve districts, nine of them coinciding with the nine wards
in Kensington and each of the three remaining districts consisting
of two of the smaller wards in Chelsea. The twelve public health
inspectors allocated to these districts are assisted by three
technical assistants and two drainage assistants.
Considerable importance is attached to the training of student
public health inspectors, which is undertaken in conjunction with
the two technical colleges in London. The present establishment
of trainees is seven. The employment in the department as public
health inspectors of students who are successful in obtaining the
Examination Board's Diploma serves to fill the majority of the
vacancies which occur by reason of officers leaving to take up
positions with other authorities.
In addition to the inspectors engaged on district duties,
eight inspectors are allocated to housing, one to the operation of
smoke control areas, one to duties in connection with the Offices,
Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 and a further inspector to the
specialist duties in connection with the sampling of food and drugs.
The work of rodent control is undertaken by a rodent officer
and six assistants. The disinfection and disinfestation work, and
the other services which are provided at the Medicinal Baths in
North Kensington, are undertaken by the Chief Disinfector and six
assistants.
At the end of 1968, the majority of the work of the Public
Control Section, previously undertaken by officers in the Town
Clerk's Department, was transferred to the Health and Welfare
Department. A senior inspector and two assistants were transferred
to this department and, as far as possible, the work of the section
has been integrated with that of the public health inspectors.