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Q.
Do you think it would have been impossible for one man
to have sufficient knowledge to attend to all the
duties imposed by the original bill, creating a
Sanitary Commissioner ?
A.
No, I dont think so.
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2.
A.
är helton Hooper:-
Would such a man not have to be at one and the same
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time an expert sanitarian, an engineer, an architect,
and a veterinary expert ?
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Well, all I can say in answer to that question is, that
Medical Officers of Health have to combine a little
knowledge of each of those branches of science.
So that in point of fact, he would in practice be
dependent on the various professional men working under
him. He has a Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, bacteriol-
ogist, analyst, and Government Engineer.
I dont know whether it is any use discussing this
matter. It is not in the Ordinance, and it has never
been carried out.
We ask questions about things that are not in the
Ordinance.
The question is all right.
Chairman:-
Hr Shelton Hooper:-
It is with the idea of improving the administration,
The Chairman:-
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Q.
A.
and perhaps we might recommend a Sanitary Commissioner.
(Question repeated).
Every head of a Department is dependent on his sub heads
for advice on matters which specially pertain to their
own branches; whether it be account keeping, or
engineering, or medical, or any other ranch, he is
more or less dependent,
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Going back to the question of cubicles, do you think
that the ordinance, as it is now worked, which
practically means that cubicles have been in a very
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