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have requested the Vestry Clerk to obtain for the Committee
information as to what the Sanitary Authorities of other districts are
doing with regard to this matter of the reappointment of Medical
Officers and Sanitary Inspectors."
There being at the time a vacancy in the post of Street
Inspector, the Sub-Committee recommended that it be not
filled up. and that the remaining Street Inspector "be placed
under the control of the Surveyor to take cognizance of
obstructions, &c., in all parts of the parish; and, subject to the
approval of the Special Purposes Committee, to collect, under
the control of the Vestry Clerk, all necessary samples of Food
arid Drugs for analysis."
The report concluded as follows:—
"The question of the appointment of a separate Sanitary Committee having
being considered, your Sub-Committee are of opinion that the existing
arrangement, whereby the Works and Sanitary Committee are the
Committee for purposes under the Public Health Act, should be
continued until the Vestry otherwise direct; and they are further of
opinion that the Committee should meet once a week for
dealing with sanitary matters, and for viewing purposes, when
necessary."
In accordance with the request of the Sub-Committee, I
prepared for the guidance of the Committee, the subjoined
Memorandum:—
"The Sub-Committee of the Works and Sanitary Committee having requested
me to prepare a Scheme for carrying out the work of my department
to the greatest advantage with the proposed increased staff of Sanitary
Inspectors, I beg respectfully to advise the Committee to place two
Inspectors, in addition to Mr. Abbott, in the South District; four
Inspectors in the North District; and one Inspector, as at present, in
the Central District—temporary transfers of Inspectors to be made from
time to time to meet the exigencies of the work. I would further advise
the appointment of Mr. Abbott as 'Chief Inspector,' to exercise a
general superintendence over the work of the other Inspectors, subject
to my directions and the orders of the Committee.
"Assuming a staff of eight inspectors, one of the first duties that would
engage my attention would be the preparation of a list of factories,
workshops, workplaces, and laundries, as defined by the Factory Acts;