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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Public Health Department,
31 Wood Street,
Barnet.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report for the year 1956.
The Council's first post war clearance area was declared early in the year,
and after considerable discussion it was decided not to purchase the area but to
proceed by way of a Clearance Order, thereby leaving it to the owner to redevelop
the area.
Housing work, with its inevitable inspections, revisits and office work has
occupied much of the time of your Inspectors, whose title was changed to that of
Public Health Inspectors by the Sanitary Inspectors (Change of Designation) Act
1956. At the same time, the new Public Health Inspectors Education Board was
set up to examine for and issue a Diploma in Public Health Inspection as the
basic qualification to be recognised by the Minister, and,amongst other things,
to keep under revision all questions relating to recruitment, training and
examination of Public Health Inspectors. The Council considered the recommendations
of the Working Party for Public Health Inspectors with regard to extending
the system of paid pupillage as a means of entry to the profession, and has
agreed to bear this matter in mind for future appointments. During the year
under review there were no changes of staff and the work proceeded in a regular
manner.
I wish to thank all officers of the Council and the staff of the Public
Health Department in particular, for their co-operation and help throughout the
year.