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Assistants. —Three assistants in connection with disinfection.
Three drain-testing assistants.
A mortuary keeper who gives part of his time to the duty of attending to the
mortuary and part to the shelter.
Clerical staff.—There are two clerks who are entirely occupied in duties arising out of the work
of the public health department.
Duties.—The first inspector on the above list acts as chief inspector. He supervises generally
the work of the other inspectors, makes inspection of premises in regard to which complaints have
been received, is concerned with special drainage matters and questions of combined drains, and the
inspection of new buildings, with a view to the issuing of certificates as to their provision with an
adequate water supply.
The remaining are divisional inspectors, and each is concerned in his district with all duties
arising under the Public Health and the Factory and Workshops Acts.
Duties under the Food and Drugs Act are at present carried out by two district inspectors.
The assistants for disinfection are engaged as follows—one for carrying out the disinfection of
the articles in the disintecting apparatus, the other to convey articles to and from premises and disinfect
rooms.
The inspectors are under the supervision and direction of the medical officer of health.
Scavenging of dustbins and roads.—The collection of house refuse is done by contract; there
is no special inspector or officer of the Borough Council to see that the work is carried out properly;
the sanitary inspectors are expected to supervise this.
The scavenging of roads is done under the supervision of the borough engineer's department.