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additional assistance was given, in the first place, by appointing
Mr. Griffith at the end of October, and secondly
by appointing Mr. Chadderton in the following March: Mr.
Griffith mainly for the purpose of keeping the register of
infectious diseases and doing all the other clerical work in
connection therewith; Mr. Chadderton, a certificated and
well qualified Inspector, to take charge of the office, and to
act or assist the other Inspectors in cases of emergency.
It will thus be seen that important additions were
made to the staff, partly to deal with new sanitary requirements
for which otherwise there was no provision, and
partly to supply a need in connection with the office which
had long been felt and had been becoming urgent. But
these were not the additions I had contemplated would be
necessary to render the staff competent to deal with the
rapidly augmenting sanitary needs of the Parish; and,
consequently, on the 24th April, 1890, I presented the
following report to the Sewers and Sanitary Committee:—
You will recollect that, when our new regulations in
regard to the sanitary arrangement of new houses, and the
reconstruction of the drains of houses already built, came
into force, I explained that the new and important duties
thereby thrown on the Inspectors, would for a time disarrange
the work of the sanitary department, and necessarily
lead to the neglect of some of the duties which had, up to
that date, been systematically performed.
"I explained at the time above referred to that if the
regulations in regard to drainage were, to be carried out
efficiently by your Inspectors, and at the same time their
other duties were not to be neglected, it would be absolutely