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drains could be undertaken by sanitary inspectors as part
of the work regularly devolving upon them.
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND
PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS.
During 1912, the Council again expressed the opinion
that the exemption claimed by the Crown in respect of
buildings used for Government purposes from the operation
of the Public Health Acts requires amendment, in view of
the danger to the public health caused thereby.
CLERICAL STAFF
The clerical staff consists of 1 Chief Clerk Class 1 (W.
R. Lawrence); I Special Clerk to the Medical Officer of
Health, to have the status of a Chief Clerk in Class 1 (A.
L. Baxter); 2 Assistant Clerks, Class 2 (W. J. Lawrence
and A. E. Ruel); and two Boy Clerks, Class 3 (W. E
Crolev and T. M. Charlton).
During 1912, a report was presented by the Medical
Officer, pointing out that the clerical staff of the Public
Health Department was under-staffed, when compared with
other Public Health Departments, and suggesting that it
should be increased and re-arranged, with the result that
the staff was increased by the appointment of an extra Boy
Clerk and rearranged by the raising of the second clerk
(and Special Clerk to the Medical Officer) to the status of
a Chief Clerk in Class 1, the abolition of the office of
Register Clerk and the promotion of such clerk to the
position of an Assistant Clerk (Class II.). This increase
and re-arrangement of the clerical staff is shown as
follows1:—