Copy
Statement from Bhagwan Singh to Head of Sanitary
Department.
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sir,
In answer to the charges preferred against me on the 8th. instant, for absenting myself from duty without leave ( OF
permission of the Principal Civil Medical Officer, means Dr. Atkinson per Clause No.8 of my standing orders) contrary to
No.7 of the standing orders for the Sanitary watchman of the
Hill District, I salemnly and sincerly beg to state as follows:-
That for the performance of my duties I was given a standing
ForD Order by Dr. Clarke on the 30th July 1907, I think when the
Central district sanitary office was in College Chambers in
No.31 Wyndham Street, the conditions of which are as follows:-
(1) The Sanitary watchman in the Hill district shall reside
the Hill district and shall make himself thergughly acquainted w
with the provisions of the Sanitary Contracts for that district.
(2)
He shall keep a diary in which he shall enter a true
record of each day's proceedings, and shall submit the same to
the medical officer of Health, at such interffels as he may direci
(3) He shall see that the Sanitary Contractors for the Hill
district strictly comply with the conditions of their contracts,
reporting to the Senior Inspector any and every neglect coming
under his observation.
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(4) He shall visit every road in the Hill district daily and
shall see that the roads are properly swept and scavenged, that
no refuse is deposited on the Hillside or Vacant lands, and that
the night-seil coolies are carrying out their duties in a proper
manner and within the prescribed hours.
(5) He shall at the esllest opportunity, report to the
Senior Inspector any neglect or breach of contract or illegal
act on the part of the scavenging or of the night-seil coolies,
and every defect in any of the public drains and gullies in the
Hill district which may come under his observations