CO129-316 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [1-4] — Page 420

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Hill as a

stofgaf, until the question of Sanitary premissioner is decided.

There is much

said

oan

both sides.

No doubt. Sii H. Blake will discuss the

proposal much more bains that we nichne

emer

fully when he

It's favour.

of great

in

a man

It will require

to keep up with the ugy, merely Correspondence relating to the Medical, and the Sanitary Def 51%, all of which under the scheme enclosed in

this dest, must pass through De Athuison's hands. Moreau, proposal to make Dr. Atkinson disctly responsible to you" for the working of the Government Curt Hospital towhich his relation is find its annexes to the "that of a

time love

at the same

Visiting Surgeon

at

and Physician

to give him responsibilit

home" seems to me without effective control.

*

The P. C.M.O. has not ot direct administrative control" of the Sanitary Def? under the arrangement. He is President of the Samit Board -

was that befor

new

all

(Truff

Samtany

Soes through him; heir the "head of the defer! But the ord f vests the sanitary authority in the Samitay Board, and only provides for the delegation of the fores of the Board to the medical office of

select committer of the board.

health a

Disciplinary forces over the sanitary se

vestid

staffa Board, not in the the P. C.M.O. as such.

in the

channian, or

ала

Ich

neither Of is def

mor

(3)-10569-8000-8-01

The "direct administrating control" of the P. C.M.O. would probably

shunk into

nothing

serious difference

on

The first 10

opinion between

Dr. Athenson and the Board. E. g. the

cides a unde

by a majority, the to serve

Board decides

notice under 3.

of the ad. The Medical Officer

dissenting,

Health way

арит

P. C. MO

with the Board

and disagree with Dr. Athenison, a revers this pa

versa

but he has no

option under the and y but boobey his of the Board, if they the mistructions of the

Give them to affly for a sunimous against The offender. Dr. Atkinson's offrinion is that of one te

one out of 10 members of the Board. and if the matter is not one

which

must, under the Ord% come before the Gort, the majority hold an impregnable Losition. This would certainly do

any

rate

fot

away

tão

a

-at

of

very largely - with the chan administration Sferlich Dr. Sumfeson comflany, and it would do zo resting part of the powers prope and for the Sanitary Commissioners in

officials, Committer ofle officials, only two of whom need have any knowledge of

anitation, and six others, who

may or not be experts, but of whom two

two are the Chinese and the electielly the ratepayers. (The last two were

March; they

sanit

elected in Pollock, K.C., and an

are ll

Indian) The

Building Pavers would go.

to the Dericto

F

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