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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR
Mr. A. Makin, M.R.S.H., F.A.P.H.I.
The implementation of the career development scheme has resulted in a full establishment of
public health inspectors for the first time since the formation of the Borough in 1965. The scheme has
resulted in a positive approach to the work and it has been a most pleasant and rewarding experience.
During the year considerable work on pollution has been initiated viz:
(1) The establishment of a working party to be known as The Town Clerk and Chief Executive's
Working Party on Pollution with the Chief Public Health Inspector in his capacity as Pollution
Officer of the Council holding regular meetings, in accordance with a planned programme, of
a small working group composed of members of the planning department and the principal
assistant solicitor and such members of other departments as are appropriate for the purpose
of identifying and investigating sources of pollution and proposing to the Town Clerk and Chief
Executive for the consideration of the Committee steps to be taken within the Borough for the
solution of the continuous problem of the many activities which involve pollution of the atmosphere,
the ground etc., in accordance with the following terms of reference:
(a) The Chief Public Health Inspector will be designated "Pollution Prevention Officer"
of the Council.
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