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Shoreditch 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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The joint Committees reported that they had issued an advertisement for a Medical Officer of Health. That 45 applications had been received, from which the Committees had selected 15 candidates for interview. That a further selection of the following 6 candidates had been made by the Committees for the Vestry to appoint from:—
| Francis John Allan, | D.P.H. Camb.; M.D., M.B. & M.S. Edin.; |
| 53, Devonshire Street, | Assoc. College State Med., Lond.; |
| Portland Place, W. | Memb. Sanit. Institute and Soc. of |
| M.O.H.; Treas. and Hon. Sec., Pub. | |
| H. Med. Soc., &c. | |
| J. Newton Burns, | M.B., Edin. ; C.M., Edin. ; D.P.H. |
| C. E. Dumbleton, | M.A., Camb.; M.D.,Camb.; D.P.H.,Eng.; |
| &o. | |
| Alfred John Gregory, | D. P. H., Lond. ; R. C. P. & S., Lond. ; &c. |
| A. P. Luff, | M.D., Lond.; B.Sc., Lond.; D.P.H.,Glas.; &c. |
| Leonard Wilde, | M.D., Dur.: M.R.C.S., Eng.; D.P.H., Lond. |
On the 1st September, 1891, Dr. F. J. Allan was appointed by the Vestry
Medical Officer of Health for the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, at a salary
of £200 per annum. His duties were prescribed to be those laid down by the
Local Government Board, and the execution of the various Sanitary Acts. His
attendance at the Town Hall was required at least half an hour daily, and at Vestry
and Committee meetings, and such further time was to be given as the sanitary
work of the parish might necessitate. The terms of Dr. Allan's appointment have
been revised since the end of the period covered by this Report.
(4) RE-ORGANIZATION OF VESTRY CLERK'S AND ACCOUNTANT'S STAFF.
In the month of July, 1891, I found it necessary, in conjunction with the
Accountant, to present special reports to the Officers' Committee on the re-arrangement
of the staff of the office, and in these reports such changes were indicated as
were deemed absolutely necessary to secure efficiency and the regular performance
of the work of the Vestry. 1 pointed out that the staff in my office was quite
inadequate, and further, that in consequence of overwork and having to attend at
night meetings of Committees, the health of Mr. Burton had been tried to such an
extent that his doctor advised him that he ought not to continue such a strain, and
that he required more work out of doors. The Accountant moreover stated in his
report, that he required the partial services of a Clerk to check arrears of rates,