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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE
BOROUGH.
A reorganisation of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors has
been made during the year and this has involved certain rearrangements
of their duties together with the appointment of
a second Food Inspector.
Previous to this reorganisation, there were twelve qualified
male inspectors in the Department, ten of them being employed
as District Inspectors, one as a Housing Inspector, and one as
Food and Drugs Inspector. The Housing Inspector worked in
all districts of the Borough, as required, while the Food and Drugs
Inspector carried out the sampling work for the whole Borough.
The inspection of premises where food is sold or prepared for sale
was carried out by the District Inspectors. Two of the female
staff acted partly as Sanitary Inspectors and partly as Health
Visitors, and their duties in the former capacity consisted of the
inspection of workshops and workplaces where females were
employed, each officer taking one half of the Borough for this
purpose. Approximately one-third of the time of each of these
two officers was spent in carrying out these inspections.
The following changes have been made :—
1. A second Food Inspector has been appointed and
all the duties relating to the inspection of food premises have
been transferred from the District Inspectors to the Food
Inspectors. Each Food Inspector is responsible for the
inspection of food premises and sampling in one half of the
Borough. Mr. Newell, the Senior Food Inspector, in addition
to carrying out these duties in his own area, supervises the
work relative to food and food premises for the whole Borough.
2. The appointment of Housing Inspector has been
abolished and this officer has been given a District, so that