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Examination for inspector of nuisances at the sanitary institute
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EXAMINATION
FOR
INSPECTOR.--CORRESPONDENCE.
EXAMINATION FOR I N S P E C T O R OF N U I S A N C E S AT THE S A N I T A R Y I N S T I T U T E . AN e x a m i n a t i o n took place o n A p r i l I 7 a n d xS. r a n c a n d i d a t e s p r e s e n t e d themselves, S o passed. T h e q u e s t i o n s p u t in the written p o r t i o n were : r. Give a summary of the enactments in force enabling authorities (a) In the Metropolis (b) In the Provinces, to enter upon l~remises and examine drainage. 2. State the provisions of the Public Health Act with respect to cellar Dwellings. 3. State the cubic contents of a room ofthedimensions shown on plan, and IO ft. in height ; giving the details of your calculation. How many adults would you aRRowto sleep in such a room ? 4- Describe the various means that may be adopted in order to overcome the insanitary conditions arising from the situation of a W.C. in the centre ot a dwelling-house. 5. Describe in detail, and illustrate by a sketch, how a stoneware pipe house drain should be < ..................~/~ ...................jI laid and tested. What do you consider theleast fall that itshouid have ? If so great a fall cannot be obtained, what should be done ? 6. State the various m a t ~ a l s which may he used in the con~rn.ctivn of basement floors, and describe the relative advantages from a sanitary point of view. ?. What is measles in pork ? How do you recognise it~ Why should measly pork not be eaten ? 8. In visiting a house after a case of typhoid fever, what inquiries ~ould, you make, and in ~spectin~ it to what p o i n t s wo~ld you s~vaially direct your attentmn ? 9" W h a t are the teqmrements of a properly-constructed slaughter-house ?
Aftertmrds the candidates were examined viva vote.
The successful candidates are as follows :
G. Bond, Breottord T. P. Wrack, ~Vhiteehapel H. F. Moody, GHmshy 5. Parham, j~utrr., Forest Hill J. Taylor, Liverpool ~. Thotm~s,::Birmingham E, P~rman~ Newp~r~ Mon W. Craven, ~Wakefield W. C, Lighffo0t, KnightsW, Ridler, Bristol [bridge J.~ S. _Smi'th, Waiwor t h M~ Chamber~. Wood Green 1>. H0Jland~ Newmarket W. Baron, PreSton Folltmd, King's Cross .:Hatzis, Ttmbridge, Wells W. ~mxester, Ashford W. Dick, Kitknewt0n c : G e e , Brentford
JF.'P.
5. ~L~o~..~be~deen
C. V. Nutley, Hammersmith E. S. Wansborough, Barrowin-Furness A. Malcolm, Manchester T,L. Davies, Burdett Road, E. R. Knight,junr.,Dum femline A. G. GibbS, Littlehampton W. E. Groom, Camberwell A, R. Abbott, Derby A. Turner, Folkestone R. Haistead, Burnley H. Wharton, Liverpool 5. R. Thompson, Bolton G. Oliver, Liverpool H. Quaintrell, Tottecham H. C. Clifton, Bayswater J.W.Johnson, ComrcLRd.,E. C. Savmy, Halford Place, M . D . Graves, York [W.C.
A. Corrlek,
Walworth,
A. Sa" tJr ~ y ~' yvvans, ~outhp oft F " Walker, Shepherd s Bush p. unders, Thornton H e a t h T. W. Crocker, Weymouth H.Gander~Shipston'on-Stour W. Dawson, Birkenhead E. H, Ruscoe, 6, GreatCastie A . Mosiey, Northampton ' ~reet,,V~. • ~ . ~ o a f ~ ~ . '.kW. H. Smith, BristQl ~ " W. S, ~V,~ke~, ~ n ~ 1 ~ ; Tomkins, Camherwel|
CORRESPONDENCE. QUALIFICATIONS OF INSPECTORS. To the Editor of PUBLIC HEALTH. MY DEAR SIR,--In reference to this subject much anxiety is felt that in the consolidation and amendment of the London Public Health Acts, provision should be made for a better order of fairly instructed men to fill the office of Sanitary Inspector, originally called Inspector of Nuisances, and now proposed to be uniformly intitled Sanitary Inspector, as being most conducive to his usefulness in house to house visitatio-ns and inspections. You were good enough to publish my last letter, and I hope you may find room for this, |nasmuch as the greater unity that exists in the suggestions of experts, the more likely are they to make their impression on those responsible for the Bill. It has been suggested that the Sanitary Inspectors should be of two distinct grades, and that the one should have to inspect meat and drags, etc., etc. ; and the other attend to the drainage and surface nuisances, which latter to be required to have had practical experience in building opera. tions ; but whether such a suggestion be adopted or not, there should be bye-laws drawn up for the guidance of Sani. tary Inspectors in the details of their duties ; it would then be seen that the necessity for due preparation for duties of the office is indispensable in the interest of the Public Health. In the review of my lecture on the qualifications of Sanitary Inspectors delivered at the Sanitary Institute recently, the Editor of the British Architect concludes his remarks with the following suggestions : - " How to secure that our Sanitary Inspectors shall be theoretically and practically competent, is a most important question, and one which is yet far from being satisfactorily determined. In the first place we think the public and the local authorities who represent their interests, ought to he so far impressed with the importance of the whole question of sanitation in regard to public health, t h a t they should seek for, and not be*content till they find, suitable men to fill such important and responsible posts as those involving the sanitary well-being of the districts intrusted and controlled by them. A healthy demand for good men would. soon stimulate the supply. As it is, the demand for good men is only very limited, the usual demand being for a sort of jack-of-all-trades at a la~ourefs wag, s. But of course the betterment of supply should not be allowed to wait on the betterment of demand, and the ~vorko f the Sanitary Institute, and of the Royal Institute of British Architects, in providing for the examination of building and sanitary inspecters is a most valuable one. But we think it should be a matter giving serious consideration whether these institutions could not unite with the Surveyors: Institution in the formutton e l a n Examining Boar~ which should formulate one comprehensive scheme of examination tot the three classes of officials--Surveyors, Building Inspectors, and Sanitary Officials, instead of, as at present, each institution holding separate examinations for each individual class of officials. One comprehensive examination would be more likely to attract a better class 0f men, both socially and educationally. Whether the present separate system be maintained or not, we should ~vish to See the standard of examination raised considerably higher, and made more thorough as regards the 2#ractical qualifications o f the candidates." I hope you will not cease to agitate in favour of higher qualifications and remuneration for Sanitary Inspectors, urged on as they are by the voluntary Sanitary Committees of the Parishes in connection..with the Mansion Home Council.--I am, yours truly, EDWARD H. ROBINS, F.S.A. 46, Bemers Street, April tSth , x89o. COgRECTION,--In" Proceedi~zs," va~e ~t~8. fo~ Dr. W . H.' Clem-ow, read D r Fratik'~.'Cle~no'w . . . . . . . . .
EXAMINATION
FOR
INSPECTOR.--CORRESPONDENCE.
EXAMINATION FOR I N S P E C T O R OF N U I S A N C E S AT THE S A N I T A R Y I N S T I T U T E . AN e x a m i n a t i o n took place o n A p r i l I 7 a n d xS. r a n c a n d i d a t e s p r e s e n t e d themselves, S o passed. T h e q u e s t i o n s p u t in the written p o r t i o n were : r. Give a summary of the enactments in force enabling authorities (a) In the Metropolis (b) In the Provinces, to enter upon l~remises and examine drainage. 2. State the provisions of the Public Health Act with respect to cellar Dwellings. 3. State the cubic contents of a room ofthedimensions shown on plan, and IO ft. in height ; giving the details of your calculation. How many adults would you aRRowto sleep in such a room ? 4- Describe the various means that may be adopted in order to overcome the insanitary conditions arising from the situation of a W.C. in the centre ot a dwelling-house. 5. Describe in detail, and illustrate by a sketch, how a stoneware pipe house drain should be < ..................~/~ ...................jI laid and tested. What do you consider theleast fall that itshouid have ? If so great a fall cannot be obtained, what should be done ? 6. State the various m a t ~ a l s which may he used in the con~rn.ctivn of basement floors, and describe the relative advantages from a sanitary point of view. ?. What is measles in pork ? How do you recognise it~ Why should measly pork not be eaten ? 8. In visiting a house after a case of typhoid fever, what inquiries ~ould, you make, and in ~spectin~ it to what p o i n t s wo~ld you s~vaially direct your attentmn ? 9" W h a t are the teqmrements of a properly-constructed slaughter-house ?
Aftertmrds the candidates were examined viva vote.
The successful candidates are as follows :
G. Bond, Breottord T. P. Wrack, ~Vhiteehapel H. F. Moody, GHmshy 5. Parham, j~utrr., Forest Hill J. Taylor, Liverpool ~. Thotm~s,::Birmingham E, P~rman~ Newp~r~ Mon W. Craven, ~Wakefield W. C, Lighffo0t, KnightsW, Ridler, Bristol [bridge J.~ S. _Smi'th, Waiwor t h M~ Chamber~. Wood Green 1>. H0Jland~ Newmarket W. Baron, PreSton Folltmd, King's Cross .:Hatzis, Ttmbridge, Wells W. ~mxester, Ashford W. Dick, Kitknewt0n c : G e e , Brentford
JF.'P.
5. ~L~o~..~be~deen
C. V. Nutley, Hammersmith E. S. Wansborough, Barrowin-Furness A. Malcolm, Manchester T,L. Davies, Burdett Road, E. R. Knight,junr.,Dum femline A. G. GibbS, Littlehampton W. E. Groom, Camberwell A, R. Abbott, Derby A. Turner, Folkestone R. Haistead, Burnley H. Wharton, Liverpool 5. R. Thompson, Bolton G. Oliver, Liverpool H. Quaintrell, Tottecham H. C. Clifton, Bayswater J.W.Johnson, ComrcLRd.,E. C. Savmy, Halford Place, M . D . Graves, York [W.C.
A. Corrlek,
Walworth,
A. Sa" tJr ~ y ~' yvvans, ~outhp oft F " Walker, Shepherd s Bush p. unders, Thornton H e a t h T. W. Crocker, Weymouth H.Gander~Shipston'on-Stour W. Dawson, Birkenhead E. H, Ruscoe, 6, GreatCastie A . Mosiey, Northampton ' ~reet,,V~. • ~ . ~ o a f ~ ~ . '.kW. H. Smith, BristQl ~ " W. S, ~V,~ke~, ~ n ~ 1 ~ ; Tomkins, Camherwel|
CORRESPONDENCE. QUALIFICATIONS OF INSPECTORS. To the Editor of PUBLIC HEALTH. MY DEAR SIR,--In reference to this subject much anxiety is felt that in the consolidation and amendment of the London Public Health Acts, provision should be made for a better order of fairly instructed men to fill the office of Sanitary Inspector, originally called Inspector of Nuisances, and now proposed to be uniformly intitled Sanitary Inspector, as being most conducive to his usefulness in house to house visitatio-ns and inspections. You were good enough to publish my last letter, and I hope you may find room for this, |nasmuch as the greater unity that exists in the suggestions of experts, the more likely are they to make their impression on those responsible for the Bill. It has been suggested that the Sanitary Inspectors should be of two distinct grades, and that the one should have to inspect meat and drags, etc., etc. ; and the other attend to the drainage and surface nuisances, which latter to be required to have had practical experience in building opera. tions ; but whether such a suggestion be adopted or not, there should be bye-laws drawn up for the guidance of Sani. tary Inspectors in the details of their duties ; it would then be seen that the necessity for due preparation for duties of the office is indispensable in the interest of the Public Health. In the review of my lecture on the qualifications of Sanitary Inspectors delivered at the Sanitary Institute recently, the Editor of the British Architect concludes his remarks with the following suggestions : - " How to secure that our Sanitary Inspectors shall be theoretically and practically competent, is a most important question, and one which is yet far from being satisfactorily determined. In the first place we think the public and the local authorities who represent their interests, ought to he so far impressed with the importance of the whole question of sanitation in regard to public health, t h a t they should seek for, and not be*content till they find, suitable men to fill such important and responsible posts as those involving the sanitary well-being of the districts intrusted and controlled by them. A healthy demand for good men would. soon stimulate the supply. As it is, the demand for good men is only very limited, the usual demand being for a sort of jack-of-all-trades at a la~ourefs wag, s. But of course the betterment of supply should not be allowed to wait on the betterment of demand, and the ~vorko f the Sanitary Institute, and of the Royal Institute of British Architects, in providing for the examination of building and sanitary inspecters is a most valuable one. But we think it should be a matter giving serious consideration whether these institutions could not unite with the Surveyors: Institution in the formutton e l a n Examining Boar~ which should formulate one comprehensive scheme of examination tot the three classes of officials--Surveyors, Building Inspectors, and Sanitary Officials, instead of, as at present, each institution holding separate examinations for each individual class of officials. One comprehensive examination would be more likely to attract a better class 0f men, both socially and educationally. Whether the present separate system be maintained or not, we should ~vish to See the standard of examination raised considerably higher, and made more thorough as regards the 2#ractical qualifications o f the candidates." I hope you will not cease to agitate in favour of higher qualifications and remuneration for Sanitary Inspectors, urged on as they are by the voluntary Sanitary Committees of the Parishes in connection..with the Mansion Home Council.--I am, yours truly, EDWARD H. ROBINS, F.S.A. 46, Bemers Street, April tSth , x89o. COgRECTION,--In" Proceedi~zs," va~e ~t~8. fo~ Dr. W . H.' Clem-ow, read D r Fratik'~.'Cle~no'w . . . . . . . . .