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SECTION E
ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE—ADMINISTRATION
Staff—Inspectorial.
The revised establishment of Public Health Inspectors consists
of a Senior Public Health Inspector, Deputy Senior Public Health
Inspector, eight District Inspectors, one Food and Drugs Inspector
and one Woman Inspector.
An additional Inspector commenced duties on 1st January,
but despite further advertisements four vacancies remained unfilled.
The Council appointed two Assistants in May to help the Public
Health Inspectors and they have been given training facilities, as
both of them intend to become Public Health Inspectors. One
Assistant was called up for National Service in October.
The shortage of qualified Inspectors has resulted in a serious
decline in the number of routine visits to food premises, factories,
shops, etc., and I am unable to ensure that the various Acts and
Regulations are being observed. The position has been slightly
ameliorated by the Public Health Inspector who covers the area
north of Uxbridge Road using his motor car; the falling off in the
number of applications for certificates under the Rent Act, and a
slight reduction in the number of complaints received. On the
other hand, the smoke control programme has brought increased
work, and it has not been possible to consider other routine work,
such as house-to-house inspections.
In October, Miss Cross, the Woman Public Health Inspector,
was appointed Public Health Welfare Officer in connection with
the old people of the Borough, and in consequence of these additional duties less of her time was spent on matters of environmental
hygiene.
Exhumation and Re-Interment of Bodies.
During the year four licences were granted by the Secretary
of State for the exhumation and removal of four bodies from graves
in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road.
Each of these cases was attended by the local District Inspector
and it was possible to certify that each removal had been carried
out in a proper manner.