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Southwark 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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The Committee have to report that on the 26th April, 1909,
consequent upon the resignation of Mr. A. Long as Chief Sanitary
Inspector, the Committee considered as to the requisite adjustment
of the staff of the Public Health Department, and eventually submitted
the following recommendations, which were adopted by the
Council on the 5th May, 1909, viz.:—
(a) That the name and office of Chief Sanitary Inspector be
abolished.
(b) That until the 25th December, 1909, Mr. Weatheritt, now
acting as Food and Drugs Inspector, be appointed as
Sanitary Inspector for St. Jude's Ward, to discharge
therein all the duties of the office as defined by the
Sanitary Inspectors (London) Order of 1891, and further
to assist the Medical Officer of Health in supervising
and co-ordinating the work of other inspectors, together
with making from time to time a systematic inspection
of the houses in the Borough.
Recommend:—
That Mr. James Weatheritt be appointed "Senior Inspector";
that he be appointed Sanitary Inspector for St. Jude's
Ward, to discharge therein all the duties of the office
as defined by the Sanitary Inspectors (London) Order
of 1891, and further to assist the Medical Officer of
Health in supervising and co.ordinating the work of
other inspectors, together with making from time to
time a systematic inspection of the houses in the
borough.
[Referred back.
On 20th April, 1910, the Council again considered the matter: —
Readjustment of Staff, Public Health Department.
Your Committee have to report that they have again gone into
the whole question of the readjustment of the staff of the Public
Health Department consequent upon the resignation of Mr. A. Long
as Chief Sanitary Inspector, and after careful and prolonged consideration
the Committee submit the following recommendation as being