Health > Investigations on human trypanosomiasis in Mozambique

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the programme of work to be carried out and an annual report on the investigations
undertaken and their results. After submission to the Governor-General, with the
views of the Chief of the Health Department, this report shall be published in Portu¬
guese, with a summary in French or English.
17. The Directorate of the Institute shall be granted administrative autonomy,
the expenditure incurred being for the account of the Administrative Board of the
Health Department.
18. The future regulations of the Institute shall be drawn up on these lines by
a Committee consisting of the Chief of the Health Department, the Director of the
Miguel Bombarda Hospital and the Director of the Institute.
19. The annual salaries (in gold) of the staff appointed to the Medical Research
Institute shall be as follows : one Director, Esc. 9,720 (nine thousand seven
hundred and twenty escudos) ; three Heads of Section at Esc. 6,480 (six thousand
four hundred and eighty escudos) — Esc. 19,440 (nineteen thousand four hundred
and forty escudos) ; seven Assistant Heads at Esc. 4,320 (four thousand three
hundred and twenty scudos) — Esc. 30,240 (thirty thousand two hundred
and forty escudos).
The salaries of the Assistant Heads shall rise each year, subject to satisfactory
service, by Esc. 45 (forty-five escudos) a month until they reach the maximum
monthly salary of Esc. 450 (four hundred and fifty escudos).
(a) The whole of the higher technical staff appointed to the various sections
of the Institute, whether they form part of the colony’s health personnel or not, shall
be considered to be engaged for periods of two years and their contracts shall only be
renewed provided a good report is received from the Director of the Institute.
(b) The salaries of the higher technical staff shall be regarded as maximum
salaries and they shall not be entitled to any other grants.
(c) As regards salaries, the higher technical staff shall be divided into the
following grades :
Director of the Institute (equivalent to Assistant Head of the Health
Department) ;
Heads of Section (equivalent to first-class medical officers) ;
Assistant Heads (equivalent to second-class medical officers).
20. The salaries (in gold) of the minor staff appointed to the Institute shall
be as follows : seven laboratory assistants at Esc. 1,620 (one thousand six hundred
and twenty Escudos) — Esc. 11,340 (eleven thousand three hundred and forty
escudos) ; one secretary at Esc. 1,620 (one thousand six hundred and twenty
escudos) ; one clerk at Esc. 864 (eight hundred and sixty-four escudos) ; two
typists at Esc. 864 (eight hundred and sixty-four escudos) — Esc. 1,728 (one
thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight escudos).
As regards the salaries of the minor staff 50 per cent (fifty per cent) of the scale
shall be granted to laboratory assistants and the secretary, while the salaries of the
clerk and typists shall be the same as in the equivalent grades in other departments.