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36
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
STAFF
I have to report the following changes in the
Inspectorial Staff during the year:-
W.G. Clarkson - resigned - September, 1954.
T.H. Marshall - resigned - December, 1934.
These vacancies were filled by the appointments of
Mr. G.R. Watkin and Mr. R. Cook.
Since 1952, 4 Inspectors have resigned in order to
take up more remunerative positions elsewhere and 1 Inspector
has died. The number of Sanitary Inspectors employed by the
Council in 1939 was 10 and at the end of 1954 was 12.
Delay in filling the vacancies, owing to lack of
applicants and the normal procedure of advertising, has resulted
in a loss to the Public Health Department of the equivalent of 1
Inspector for sixteen months.
There are, however, duties devolving on the Public
Health Department which the lack of staff has made it difficult
to carry out.
I would refer in particular to the inspections of power
and non-power factories and outworkers. It has only been possible
to visit 96 out of 279 power factories and 18 out of 298 non-power
factories and, although the number of outworkers in the Borough is
198, it was only possible to pay l4 visits.
Some difficulty has also been experienced in carrying
out the additional duties which have devolved on the Department,
particularly in relation to Slum Clearance, Atmospheric Pollution,
Loans for House Purchase, Improvement Grants and the environmental
care of Tuberculous, Aged and Infirm Persons. To meet the
situation the Council increased the establishment of Sanitary
Inspectors by one. Mr. G. Young, formerly a Clerk in the Department,
who had just completed his military service, was promoted to
Sanitary Inspector and commenced duty in 1955.
An additional Clerk, Mr. D. Ring, has also been
appointed with a view to training him as an Inspector and to help
to meet the urgent need throughout the country for recruits to
this field of the public health service.