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Because I take it the object of the letter when it containa in allegation of a criminal nature is that the offence shall
be at once investigated and the person punished if proved
guilty. A person can only be punished if the Police obtain
the necessary evidence.
You understand that in administering much an Ordinance as 483
this, there must be an enormous number of complaints that
have nothing criminal in ther perhaps it is an appeal to
the Sanitary Board from a decision of the Medical Officer of Health and a sanitary Inspector. Don't you think all such
complaints should go to the Sanitary Board ?
I have acted hitherto on the assumption that if the com
-plaint involved neglect of duty the Principal Civil Metical
officer, as the head of the Department, would investigate it
and punish it if the punishment was 'merited – and if the
offence was more serious that it should be refoved to the
Government for action by them if necessary.
Q: That anglies to servants orlede-1 or other negligence' so
that he deserves punishment by being finel. But I don't mean
thal. I mean where two or three - I am only citing one of
Ital. I could ote Complaints with appeals from the deci·~
-imm of the person who inspected, it was the linowashing,
ware d to the Bunitary Board and là sạch case they were
burked by the Secreting of the Board n the Melics? Offle-r
of H-1th and they only reached the Board shơn thủ gentleman
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and infanel them thu! the action Laken was vary worksõŋ=
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who brought the ceae by my notice personally that an pat
such Appeals from the decision of subordinate Officer of the Board before the Boud. During the Tat ty or thras
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