§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that in many of the public health services throughout the country inadequate salaries are offered to secure efficient services of sanitary inspectors; and will he consider laying down a scale below which local authorities shall not fall, so as to attract efficient persons as officers for these responsible duties?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI am aware that in some instances local authorities propose inadequate salaries for sanitary inspectors, but it is my practice when my approval is sought for the appointment of a sanitary inspector to endeavour to secure that the salary paid is sufficient to attract and retain efficient service. As regards the last part of the question the circumstances of sanitary districts differ so much in respect of size, population, and character that it would not be practicable to prescribe a minimum salary as a condition of approval to the appointment of a sanitary inspector.