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In my opinion 12 Sanitary Inspectors is the minimum number required
to enable the Council to carry out satisfactorily and promptly its statutory
duties and responsibilities under the Housing Acts and existing Public
Health legislation.
FUTURE STAFF REQUIREMENTS
The above recommendation, to fill existing vacancies on the establishment,
and to increase the establishment of Sanitary Inspectors to 12, is made
in order to deal promptly with work at present confronting the Department.
It does not take account of additional duties likely to be imposed on the
Department by the Food and Drugs Amendment Bill and other legislation
as a result of the "Beaver Report" on Air Pollution; the Report of the Gowers
Committee on Health, Welfare and Safety in Non-industrial Employment;
and the Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on Slaughter-houses.
In July I had occasion to report to the Public Health Committee that
no application had been received in response to the advertisement to fill a
vacancy, and that two members of the staff had taken up more lucrative
appointments in other areas. The Public Health Committee then
RESOLVED
(a) That the Committee note with grave concern the existing position
regarding the recruitment of Sanitary Inspectors for service with the Council
arising from the higher gradings offered by other Local Authorities in the
London area;
(b) That, as a matter of urgency, the Chairman of the Establishment
Committee be requested to convene a special meeting of that Committee
before the summer recess for the purpose of considering the action to be
taken in this matter;
(c) That the Establishment Committee be requested favourably to
consider re-grading all posts for Sanitary Inspectors on the Council's
established staff in accordance with the scales for Sanitary Inspectors in the
London District Council area;
(d) That, further to Minutes 3187 and 3325(4) (1953/54), the Establishment
Committee be requested also to give immediate further consideration
to the recommendation of the Medical Officer of Health that the establishment
of Sanitary Inspectors be increased from 10 to 12, in view of his department's
additional commitments arising from the Council's proposals regarding
Re-development Areas, the Housing Repairs and Rents Bill and other
pending legislation ; and
(e) That in the event of the Establishment Committee agreeing to these
recommendations, or any of them, the Town Clerk be authorised to issue a
public advertisement inviting applications for appointment to the vacant
posts for Sanitary Inspectors.
Extracts from a Report by the Medical Officer of Health—January,
1955.
In accordance with instructions of the previous month, last April
I submitted to the Establishment Committee a special report in which I drew
attention to the inadequacy of the staff of sanitary inspectors.