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PART 3
REPORT
OF
THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COULSDON
AND PURLEY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is with pleasure, not unmixed with regret, that I submit
herewith a report on the work of the Public Health Inspectors for
the year ended 1964. This will be the last of such reports relating
to the Urban District as a separate unit of local government.
Not unnaturally there has been considerable preoccupation
with the changes to come, and it is hoped that the preparations
made to integrate the service with that of the County Borough of
Croydon, will result in services to the public no less efficient than
hitherto.
During the year the spate of legislation relating to environmental
health continued unabated, and two important statutes,
namely the Housing Act, 1964 and the Offices, Shops and Railway
Premises Act, 1963 came into force.
With this increasing volume of work, coupled with the national
shortage of fully qualified Public Health Inspectors, it was considered
expedient to appoint a Technical Assistant to carry out
survey work at Offices, Shops and Railway Premises in the district,
under the guidance and supervision of the Public Health Inspectors.
In concluding the introduction to this report, I should like
to record my appreciation of the support given to me at all times
by the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee,
the friendly co-operation of Dr. J. B. Morwood and the loyalty and
most willing assistance of all my colleagues in the department at
this time.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
W. HAWORTH,
Chief Public Health Inspector
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