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It is noticeable that the reduction of the number of samples taken in 1904 as compared
with the number taken in 1903 was associated with an increase in the percentage
of samples found adulterated in 1904, and the same is noticeable in respect to the reduction
in the number of samples in 1905. The last increase, however, is small.
SANITARY STAFF.
As mentioned in my report for 1904, at the close of that year, the question of
adequacy of the sanitary staff was receiving the attention of the Health Committee.
The advisability of appointing a female sanitary inspector for special duties, and also
of an additional inspector specially qualified as to meat inspection to take over all work
under the sale of Food and Drugs Acts and food inspection generally, including the
inspection of slaughterhouses, cowhouses, and premises upon which milk is sold and
food prepared for consumption by the public was considered by tne Committee. In
the end the Committee decided that it was unnecessary to make any addition to the
existing sanitary staff, and reported to the Council accordingly, who adopted their
report.
At the end of the year the Council lost the services of a very capable sanitary
inspector in the person of Mr. J. H. Clements, who left on December 31st, to take up
a similar position under the Borough Council of Lambeth. His place in Shoreditch was
filled by Mr. J. H. Pearson, who was for several years sanitary inspector at Broadstairs.
Mr. Pearson was appointed by the Council on January 16th of the current year.
In conclusion, I have to thank the various officers of the Health Department for
the assistance they have afforded me in connection with the work of the department
during the year under review and to express my satisfaction as to the manner in which
they have discharged their duties. I have also to acknowledge my indebtedness to the
chairman and members of the Health Committee for the consideration and help which
they have rendered me in my official work for the year.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
LEWIS T. FRASER BRYETT,
Medical Officer of Health.