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4.
Under the Director it is proposed to create
a new post of Deputy Director with a salary-scale £1125-£25-
£1200 and to appoint Dr. Moore thereto on the initial salary
as from 1st January, 1928. Dr. Moore has over 22 years' in service in the Colony and has been on the maximum (£1000) of
his present scale since 1921.
5.
Over and above these two special posts it is
proposed to institute a new grade of Senior Medical Officer
with a salary-scale of £1025-£25-£1100. This grade will be open to all medical Officers who by length and efficiency of service may be considered eligible for some promotion beyond
the maximum of the ordinary salary-scale. I had intended to 2305 recommend for this grade in 1928, Dr. C. W. McKenny, the next senior Medical Officer to Dr. Moore. Unfortunately, however,
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Dr. LicKenny's health has recently become so indifferent that
I have no option but to place him on pension and no actual
appointment to the new grade will be necessary for 1928. A
separate report on Dr. McKenny's retirement has been forwarded
to you.
6.
A slight increase in the maximum (£1020 instead
of £1000) combined with the raising of increments from £25
to £30 per annum is considered adequate for ordinary Medical Officers, who will of course always have the prospect of
rising to the grade of Senior Medical Officer if not to one
of the special posts.
7.
For the specialists, where our inability to
compete with other services in recruitment has been most felt,
considerable improvements are suggested. The initial salary
of the Bacteriologist is raised to £800 per annum and his
maximum to £1100. For the Assistant Bacteriologist £740-£30-
£1040 is proposed. Similar salaries are provided for the
Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Medical Officers of
Health