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(a) The great increase in legislation affecting sanitary administration
which has been passed during the last twenty years.
(b) The vagueness of certain Acts which makes their interpretation
a matter of expert knowledge and experience (this applies particularly
to the unfitness and reconditioning of houses and the
standard of cleanliness of food premises) and the need for
ensuring uniformity of interpretation and administration within
the Councils' areas.
(c) The fact that no inspector can reasonably be expected to be
expertly efficient in all the duties arising from the many Acts,
Orders and Regulations in force.
(d) The realisation that if an inspector attempts to undertake all
these duties in addition to district inspection it will be impossible
for him to give the necessary attention to the requirements of all
the Acts, etc. and there will, therefore, be some neglect of, or
inattention to, matters of importance.
(e) Certain inspectors possessing a natural aptitude for specialisation
become experts in the subjects of their choice and if employed in
this capacity are able to render invaluable service to the Council.
The standard of sanitary inspection in Stoke Newington is high: the
training and efficiency of the inspectorial staff being emphasised by the
successes gained by the ex-service men who, under the Government's
post-war scheme for training sanitary inspectors received their practical
training in the Borough, for of the seventeen trainees attached to the
Public Health Department for this purpose, all, with the exception of
one man who did not sit for the examination, were successful.
Because of the exceptional knowledge which they have acquired as a
result of long practical experience, personal study, or a combination of
both, the following Inspectors are undertaking specialised or additional
duties:
Mr. A. P. Piggott, Senior Sanitary Inspector who is expert in all
drainage matters.
Mr. C. Cunningham, Food Inspector.
Mr. C. V. Frisby, Senior Housing Inspector.
Mr. G. K. Elliott, Rodent Officer.
Mr. J. McDougal, in charge of the Disinfecting Station and general
disinfection in the Borough.
Mr. Piggott, Mr. Elliott and Mr. McDougal are, in addition, responsible
for sanitary districts.
The most recently appointed Sanitary Inspector, Mr. R. C.
Whittaker, who was appointed in September, 1949, assists the Senior
Housing Inspector and also carries out some district work.
Mr. L. G. Stribley, who was appointed in December, 1948 to fill a
long-standing vacancy on the permanent establishment, is engaged solely
on district work.