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less otherwise specially directed by your Vestry, the said Committee,
the Clerk, or the Medical Officer of Health.
"With respect to the appointment of officers to complete the staff
of the Sanitary Department, your Committee having received an
application from Inspector Gaylard soliciting a transfer from his
present duties as Dust Inspector to those of Sanitary Inspector
(for which he appears to be well fitted) recommend that he
be appointed Sanitary Inspector and Inspector of Nuisances,
and that he continue to discharge the duties of Inspector under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Act as heretofore.
"The Medical Officer of Health having reported that Acting
Inspectors James W. Wightman and William Middleweek have
discharged the duties entrusted to them in a satisfactory manner,
your Committee recommend that they be appointed Sanitary
Inspectors and Inspectors of Nuisances, and that Mr. Wightman
do continue, with the assistance of one of the Vestry's labourers,
to act as disinfector for the whole parish.
"For the remaining appointment your Committee recommend that
it be referred to the Chairman of your Committee, assisted by the
Medical Officer and the Clerk, to select a suitable person for election
by your Vestry as Inspector.* All the appointments to be made
and held subject to the pleasure of your Vestry.
"In conclusion, your Committee have only further to report that,
although they have given great attention to the subject referred
to them, they have not attempted to deal with it exhaustively,
especially in respect of the details of the duties of the inspectors,
which they think should be left very much to the Medical Officer
to settle, subject to the provisions of the several Acts of Parliament
relating thereto, and to the sanction of your Vestry. They
believe, however, that the general plan and arrangements shadowed
out in the present report, if thoroughly carried into effect, will
prove serviceable, and place the Sanitary Department on a footingsomewhat
commensurate with the importance of the interests
committed to its charge."
SANITARY WORK.
The principal items of sanitary work done by the Inspectors are
set out in Table 6 (Appendix), and the monthly quantities in
Table 6a It may be stated, however, that a large amount of good
work does not admit of a detailed statement, particularly in respect
to the cleansing of houses, which is oftentimes done at the request
of the Inspectors without formal notice on the part of your Vestry.
By acquiring influence with the owners of small property and
houses let out in tenements, it is possible for a discreet Inspector to
do a good deal for the benefit of the occupants without having
* This was done, and Mr, Thomas Abbott was subsequently appointed.