Annual medical and sanitary report / Nigeria.

  • Nigeria. Medical Department
Date:
[1916]
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Credit: Annual medical and sanitary report / Nigeria. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9. Sanitary Inspectors-in-Training.—Of those in training two men were sent to Abeokuta to take up appointments there as Sanitaay Inspectors. Seven men remained in training and completed the full course by the end of December when they were subjected to an examination, which consisted of three parts, [a) Written, (b) Oral, and (c) Practical. Six out of the seven passed the examination by attaining the number of marks required to qualify: 10% as a minimum in any one part and 50% on the total. They will now be sent out to stations where the final year of training will take the form of practical work under the supervision of Medical Officers, and it will be of interest to note the reports on the work and efficiency of each of this first and newly-qualified batch of men in the near future. 10. Regrading of Sanitary Inspectors.—The regrading of Native Sanitary Inspectors has now been carried out in accordance with the scheme drawn up by my predecessor. With a definite scale of salary and the prospects of promotion, members of the staff with any aptitude will doubtless work with greater energy and efficiency so as to shew themselves worthy of promotion. In course of time it will be possible to bring all the Sanitary Inspectors on the staff into their proper grades. Such grading of the Sanitary Inspectors with definite prospects will ultimately be productive of much efficiency of the service as a whole by making it attractive to a better class of candidate, which will enable us to raise the standard of training and of the qualifying examination, while promotions to the higher grades will be made with great care when a man has proved himself of the highest efficiency. 11. Sanitary Ordinances, Orders and Regulations.—The following Ordinances have been passed during the year under review:— I.—The Quarantine Ordinance, 1916. To provide for and regulate the imposition of quarantine. II.—The Waterworks (Amendment) Ordinance, 1916. To amend the Waterworks Ordinance. III.—The Piers Ordinance, 1916. To make provision with respect to piers. IV.—The Medical Practitioners and Dentists Ordinance, 1916. To make provision for the registration of Medical Practitioners and Dentists. V.—The Native Authority Ordinance, 1916. To prescribe the powders and duties of Native Authorities. YI.—The Prisons Ordinance, 1916. To provide for the establishment of Prisons and for regulating the government thereof. ENACTMENTS REPEALED. 1. The Prisons Ordinance—Chapter XXIY of the Laws of the Colony of Southern Nigeria. 2. The Native Court Convicts Imprisonment Ordinance—Chapter XXYI of the Laws of the Colony of Southern Nigeria. 3. The Transfer of Prisoners Ordinance—Chapter XXVIII of the Laws of Southern Nigeria.