Sanitary Inspector's Examination Board Register

Vol 1, 1898. Lists holders of certificates granted after examination by the Sanitary Institute before 31 Dec 1898, with full name, date of registration by the Sanitary Institute (covering 1884-1898 only) and address, in a single alphabetical sequence, with consecutive numbering of entries and pages to prevent fraud. Total of 2874 entries, 191 pages.

1898

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Background information on relations between the Society and Sanitary Institute:

Material on the Sanitary Institute covering this period can be found in the archives of the Lister Institute, see SA/LIS/D.8-11. In 1891 the Sanitary Institute submitted a proposal for the federation of the Society with the Institute and other Societies but the Society refused to consider it. One of the provisions of the Public Health (London) Bill 1891 was that Sanitary Inspectors be required to hold the certificate of the Sanitary Institute. The Society objected to the Sanitary Institute being the sole examining body. Also, an application by the Sanitary Inspector's Association to be constituted a teaching and examining body was strenuously opposed by the Society's Special Organisation Committee. (See B.1/5). The Bill was amended to provide for Inspectors holding a certificate from an authority approved by the Local Government Board, thus leaving open the final decision as to which authority should grant the certificate.

In 1892 the Society opposed the Sanitary Institute's application for a charter. A volume containing the cases for and against the petition to the Privy Council once in the Society's possession, seems now to be lost but related papers can be found in K.22-23.

In 1893 a Special Committee was appointed to confer with the Sanitary Institute as to the practicability of establishing a Conjoint Examination Board for Sanitary Inspectors. A conference of various societies was held with the Local Government Board. In 1899 the Incorporation of the Sanitary Inspectors' Examination Board was finally completed. The Board included a representative of the Society, the first appointment being Dr T O Dudfield. (See D.1/1)

It is not known how this item came to be in the possession of the Society. It was included in M Pelling's Handlist of Records of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, 1980.