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The increase of work to be dealt with has, however, been so
great that 1 sincerely trust that in my next report I may be able to
state that the Sanitary Department has been granted permanent
and regular clerical assistance, as in my opinion the needs of the
district urgently require that Mr. Grylls and his assistant should be
set free from the performance of routine clerical duties which at
present occupy much time that ought to be devoted to out-door
work.
Particulars of the work done by Mr. Grylls, and under his
supervision, appear in the tables on pages 56-59.
The proper record of these visits, the writing out and copying
of notices, and the conduct of the correspondence necessarily
involved occupy much more time than is thought or appreciated.
It is wasteful that the energies of experienced and highly trained
officers should be devoted to tasks which, in other departments, are
the labours of record and correspondence clerks.