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REPORT OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
P.E.KENTON. M.R.S.H.. M.A.P.H.I.
Nineteen sixty-seven was a year of progress particularly in
the field of inspection of offices, shops and houses in multiple
occupation. This was largely due to reasonable stability
amongst staff. The Public Health Inspectorate was for a time
almost at full strength after Mr. C.P.Rampling and Mr. T.Hutchins
were appointed but Mr. B. Cova left the staff towards the end of
the year. Mr. T.H.Yorke, Technical Assistant Offices and Shops,
was transferred to the Housing Department but his successor,
Mr F.W.King, was not appointed for three months.
The routine work of the Department was interrupted by housing
surveys carried out in co-operation with both the Greater London
Council and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the
results of this work are already proving to be of value to the
Department.
In addition all members of the staff were involved in an
organisation and method and a job evaluation survey.
As in previous years, it is pleasing to report progress in the
field of health education where there has been increased activity
particularly in giving talks and demonstrations to school children,
student nurses and mothers' groups. Members of the Health and
Welfare Committee visited the Express Dairy Bottling Establishment
and the Metropolitan Water Board and after one of their meetings
a film and exhibition on Clean Air was provided.
Close liaison has been maintained with scientific organisations
including the National Physical Laboratory, the Scientific
Department of the Greater London Council, the Infestation Laboratory
of the Ministry of Agriculture and similar organisations.