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7. C. M. B, ard notunder the instructions of the

Board.

And dont you consider yourself as an Official of the 13.613

Board ?

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No, I am not an officer of the Board.

Chairman:-

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You are an officer of the Department ?

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And you are under the entire orders of the P. C. M. 0.136,5 and notof the President of the Board ?

And all the other Sanitary Officials are in the same 136r6

position?

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Yes.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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THILLICO. 537

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Why was the M. 0. H. taken off the Board ↑

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He was taken off for the purpose of not having to vote on his own recommendations, and it was thought at that time that the X. 0. H. would be an adviser of the

Board. That involvan a knowledge of Sanitary Science.

Do you think the M. 0. H. ehould be a Member of the 13618

Board ↑

Certainly not, because, as I salā just now, they are

there to discuss matters of expedienay. The M. 0. H. is

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there to give the very best opinion he can,

Members of the Board can vote for that, or modify it, from the point of view of the different sections of

the community, whom they represent.

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You are aware, Dr Pearse, are you not, that it was at the special request of the influential members of the community, that the M. Q. H. was not put on the Board ↑

I did not know that.

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I am not with the Sanitary Authorities at home, talking of London, it is under a separate kot, but of a

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