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subject. The General Purposes Committee subsequently recommended
that certain premises at East Hill, Wandsworth, should be
purchased for the temporary accommodation of the staff. The
recommendation was adopted by the Council, but it was not possible
to purchase the premises upon the terms agreed to by the
Council.
Staff.
19.—The Council appointed a Committee consisting of one
Member from each Ward to consider and report as to
the duties, salaries, and wages of all the officers,
clerks, workmen, and other employees of the Council and also to
enquire and report as to the sufficiency or otherwise of the staff
of the Council. The Committee submitted to the Council
(a) statement as to the staff in the employment of the Council on
the 7th March, 1902, and any vacancies then existing; (b) reports
by the heads of departments as to the efficiency or sufficiency of
such staff; (c) statement as to the annual cost of the staff as then
organised and as it existed prior to the incorporation of the
Borough and transfer of the powers of several authorities now
exercised by the Council. This information was referred to the
several Committees who deal with the executive work of the
Council for any comments which such Committees thought fit to
offer. The reports of those Committees were then considered
by the Officers and Servants Committee, who came to the conclusion
that an additional clerk was required in the offices of the
Town Clerk, the Medical Officer of Health, and the Surveyor for
the Western District respectively.
Putney Parish
Oitlces.
20.—The front portion of these offices, which were formerly
used by the late Vestry and Overseers of Putney, was
sold by auction in November last, the remaining
portion of the premises being retained by the Council
for a Rate Collectors' office and gas-testing station. The proceeds
of the sale were applied to the repayment of outstanding loans.
Wandsworth
& Clapham
Union.
21.—The subject of the proposed separation of the Parish of
Battersea from the Wandsworth and Clapham Union
continues to receive the consideration of the Council.
In April, 1902, a statement showing the action which
had already been taken by the Council and its predecessors,