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appeals to Government for grants-in-aid. The Governor in Council had
therefore occasion to point out that the appointment of sanitary officers is
now a statutory obligation, which must be discharged irrespective of the
decision of Government on requests for financial assistance.

All District Boards are also required by law to appoint a Sanitary
Inspector, but there is at present no adequate definition of his duties, and
rules prescribing the qualifications to be required for appointment have not
yet been prescribed. The result has been considerable variety in the duties
performed by the Sanitary Inspectors, and the scope of their work appears in
some cases to be unduly limited. The Governor in Council has recently con-
sulted District Boards and local officers as to the qualifications and functions
to be required of these officers.

16. Staff.—Dr. C. A. Bentley, M.B., D.P.H., was in charge of the office of
Sanitary Commissioner, Bengal, and Mr. G. B. Williams of the office of
Sanitary Engineer throughout the year. The Dacca Circle alone was under
the charge of a Deputy Sanitary Commissioner throughout the year, but by
the end of the year all the vacancies in the superior sanitary cadre, which
had been caused by officers being required for military duty, had been filled.
To both Dr. Bentley and Mr. Williams the thanks of the Governor in Council
are due for their careful administration of their departments.

                                By order of the Governor in Council,

                                                              L. S. S. O'MALLEY,

                                                  Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.

                              Nos. 466—476San.

COPY with copies of the reports* forwarded to—

(1) All Commissioners of Divisions for information and communica-
tion to all District Officers in their respective divisions.

* For (1) and (2)
only—Report on
Sanitation           in
Bengal, for the
year 1916.

Triennial Report
on vaccination in
Bengal for the
years        1914-15,
1915-16 and 1916-
17.

(2) The

Bengal, for information.

(3) The

Bengal, for information.

                              By order of the Governor in Council,

                                                                  C. W. GURNER,

                                                  Under-Secy. to the Govt. of Bengal.

            CALCUTTA,

MUNICIPAL DEPT.—San.,

    The 19 th July 1917.

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