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REDUCTION IN STAFF.—At the end of 1922, for reasons of economy,
notices to terminate their appointments were given to one Sanitary Inspector
and the Nurse in the Public Health Department who acted also as Ambulance
and Fever Nurse and assisted in the laboratory.
The diminished Sanitary Staff have been unable to carry out the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, and a parent or relative has hnd to
accompany the patient to the Isolation Hospital.
In the early part of the year, one of the two motor drivers resigned, and a
part-time man was engaged to take his place.
The outstanding needs of the district from the public health point of view
are:—
(1) More housing accommodation.
(2) Improved travelling facilities.
(3) More hygienic method of disposing of house refuse than the present
one of dumping.
(4) Satisfactory method of treating the sewage; this latter is being
undertaken during the coming year.
I am,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
H. W. HARDING,
Medical Officer of Health.