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increments of £10 to a maximum of £200, and that it be
referred back to the committee to select and send up for the
choice of the Vestry not less than four candidates.
c. That an additional inspector, possessing the certificate of the
Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, and to be between 30 and
45 years of age, be appointed for lodging-house work, but to be
interchanged with the other inspectors if required, at a salary
of £130, rising by conditional annual increments of £10 to
£150, and that the same course be pursued as to advertising
and selecting candidates, as is proposed with reference to the
foregoing vacancy.
d. That a clerk between 18 and 21 years of age be appointed for
the sanitary department at a commencing salary of £00, rising
by annual increments of £10 to a maximum of £100 ; that it
be referred to the Finance Committee to proceed in accordance
with the 31st Bye-law with reference to the issue of advertisements
and the sending up of candidates for the choice of the
Vestry.
c. For the first twelve months, probably, the time of the additional
inspector would be wholly occupied in taking the
dimensions and other particulars essential to the compilation
of a register for the tenement houses, after which it would be
his duty to see that the regulations applicable thereto were
observed. If he were transferred from either of these duties
to deal with the underground rooms, it is obvious that his
work would fall into arrear. To avoid this, and to avoid the
underground rooms being left without attention during the
progress of the work in the tenement houses,
The Committee recommend that a temporary inspector be
engaged week by week for a period not exceeding two
months, at wages not exceeding two guineas, to obtain and
register the details and measurements of the underground
rooms as required by section 96 of the Public Health
Act; and that it be referred back to the Committee to
make such engagement.
Extract from Vestry Minutes, 21tli January, 1892.
In view of the strong opinions expressed at the last Vestry, when
the recommendation of the Committee with regard to the appointment
of a successor to inspector Ashdown was before them, the
Committee have considered the subject further, before incurring the
expense and causing the inconvenience to applicants incidental to
the issue of advertisements. The Committee have borne in mind the
qualifications possessed by Inspector Lightfoot, and have received
strong testimony from the medical officer of health as to the
inspector's character and capabilities. The surveyor has also stated
that in consequence of the satisfactory arrangements under which the
removal of refuse is now carried out, he can, without impairing the
efficiency of the service, easily arrange for the transfer of Inspector
Lightfoot from his department to the medical officer of health,
without needing to employ any other help in his place. Mr.
Lightfoot's other appointment (as revised on 13th March, 1889) is in
the following terms :—
"That the salary of Inspector Lightfoot be raised to £120 as
from 1st April proximo, and be further increased by conditional
annual increments of £5 to a maximum of £150."
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