CO129-547-10 Memorandum on revision of salaries 1-1-1934 - 31-12-1936 — Page 26

MEDICAL

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9.

The question of effecting a reduction in the

initial salary offered to Medical Officers has been

carefully considered.

It has been represented, however,

that a candidate with the qualifications desired for an

appointment as a Medical Officer in Bast Africa, which

include a period of practico subsequent to the conclusion

of his training, would be about 27 years of age, and

would have spent at least 21,500 on his training.

He might expect, if he remained in this country and sought

employment under & Public Authority, an initial salary

a

of about £600 a year with prospects of rising to 32,500

or 32,000. It is considered that the minimum initial

salary which would induce men of the standard required to

accept employment in East Africa should not be less than

3600 a year, and taking into account the reauction in the

pension constant, that it would be unwise to provide a

maximum less than £1,00.