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Mr. Woodcock Ex

Q: What does he think of them ?

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Soon after the Ordinance was passed I spoke to him about the

Standing Orders and he seemed to be under the impression

that they were not now in force but that they might remain

as a guide to the Officers as to their duties.

Tas a statement ever made to that effect to the Sanitary

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Board ?

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9:- I am speaking now of the unofficial members

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most of whom

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we remained in ignorance of the fact that our Standing

Orders had been cancelled. That is practically what it

amounts to. We have never been informed that the Standing

Orders, which had been passed by the Sanitary Board practi-

-cally became defunct in the view of the Officials practi-

-cally two days after the Ordinance was agreed to and all

this time when we ask for information regarding the division

of duties, for years we have been handed copies of the Stand

-ing Orders which we believed were in force and accepted as

such. We find now they were not in force and that the Prin-

-ciple Civil Medical Officer can instruct his subordinates

to ignore them ?

certainly as for myself and the other members

A:- That is practically it. They are in force to enable them to

know what their duties are. As a matter of fact the Princi-

-ple Civil Medical Officer took over the Standing Orders

made by the Board and adopted them as his Standing Orders.

Q1 But he could modify them if he thought fit ?

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At- Xes, and if you turn up Bection 14 you will find that pre-

-viso of the passing of the Ordinance 25. The Board had

powers to make Standing Orders. The Board now has no powers

to make standing.Orders.

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