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BOROUGH OF BARNES.
REPORT OF THE ACTING MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1947.
PREFACE.
In accordance with Ministry of Health Circular 170/47, the
Annual Report for 1947 has been prepared on the same lines as
previous years and consists of two parts, a preface in which reference
is made to items of special interest and an appendix in which is
tabulated the statistics relating to the health of the district.
OFFICES.
In October, 1947, the new Municipal Offices in Sheen Lane
having been completed, the two parts into which the Public Health
Department had been split by force of circumstance were again
united under one roof. For the purposes of administration the
reunion of the department was most satisfactory and the centralisation
of the offices of all departments in one building of great
advantage, both to the public and to the staff.
STAFF.
Mr. J. G. Plant, a temporary Sanitary Inspector, died on the
25th February, 1947, and Mr. G. G. Gardiner resigned and left on
the 7th December upon obtaining an appointment with another
local authority. Consequently, two further District Sanitary
Inspectors were appointed to fill the vacancies thus caused—Mr.
F. A. Sadler, commencing on the nth November, 1947, and Mr.
E J. Silvester on the 8th December, 1947.
Mr. A. A. Brown, Assistant Housing Manager, resigned his
appointment and left on the 31st July. Pending fuller consideration
of the possibility of separating the Housing Section from the Public
Health Department and forming a separate department, it was
decided not to fill this vacancy for the time being. In the meantime,
it was decided to appoint Mr. G. E. Tydeman, a General
Division Clerk in the department, as a Temporary Investigations
Officer for re-housing purposes.
Several changes in the clerical staff occurred during the year.
Miss Morcom left on the 1st March and was replaced by Mr. H. W.
Giles, who commenced duties on the 31st March; Miss P. A. Healey
left on the 23rd August and was replaced by Mrs. P. M. Oakley,
who commenced duties on the 27th October; Miss M. E. Wright,