Wadsworth, Alfred Ernest

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Unique IDPE-000297SurnameWadsworthGiven namesAlfred ErnestBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1905-1907Biographical noteBiographical details:
Probably brother of Turner Wadsworth, building Inspector, City Surveyor’s Department

Prior to 1905 “formerly a member of the inspecting staff of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage, and, later, of the City Council of Wellington, New Zealand.” [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 11 February 1907 p6]

Appointment to Tasmania as Sanitary Inspector in 1907 [ref: The Mercury (Hobart) 11 January 1907 p5; 4 February 1907; 7 February 1907 p4]

Qualifications - sanitary inspector's certificate from the Royal Sanitary Institute, London; a meat inspector's certificate, issued, after examination, by the health authorities of New South Wales, and also a gold medal for proficiency in sanitary science, awarded by the Technical College, Sydney [ref: The Mercury (Hobart) Thursday 7 February 1907 p4]

Presentation on leaving Sydney by Dr W. G. Armstrong, City Health Officer, with a handsome silver-mounted travelling bag [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 11 February 1907 p6]

Later career – see obituaries – 10 years Chief Sanitary Inspector, Department of Health Tasmania; chief sanitary Inspector for the Commonwealth Health Department - at the time of his death occupied the position of lecturer in charge of the Department of Sanitation and Hygiene at the East Sydney Technical College.

NSW BDMs Registry: Death 7446/1923 WADSWORTH ALFRED E [parents] WILLIAM & SARAH registered at WOOLLAHRA

Funeral Notice: The friends of the late Mr. ALFRED ERNEST WADSWORTH, of the teaching staff of the Technical College, Darlinghurst, are kindly informed that his Funeral will take place in the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, on WEDNESDAY MORNING, on arrival of Funeral Train leaving Mortuary Station at 9.25 am. [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 8 May 1923 p7]

Funeral Report: [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 11 May 1923 p14]

Obituaries: [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald 9 May 1923 p16]; [ref: Evening News 9 May 1923 p8]; [ref: The Sun 9 May 1923 p9]

Details from contemporary sources:
1905 City Health Officer interviewed 16 candidates for position of Sanitary Inspector - reduced list to 5 - recommended Wadsworth and another - January [ref: 1905/0283]
1905 Appointed Council Meeting 21 March 1905 - previously Inspector Wellington CC (NZ) - £156 pa - 1/2 salary paid by NSW Government - reported SMH 22 March 1905 [ref: Council Meeting 21 March 1905]
1906 Complaint of offensive conduct while investigating complaint re keeping of poultry - October [ref: 1906/1546]
1907 Resignation - January [ref: 1907/0041]
1907 Presentation - appointed to Department of Health, Tasmania - arrived Hobart 4 February per Westalia [ref: SMH 11 February]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-004488

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionSanitary inspector [multiple departments]Related itemsCorrespondence re position of Sanitary Inspector. Mr T.A. James resigned to become Inspector,M. A. Leefson. [Complaint of offensive conduct of Sanitary Inspector Wadsworth sent to inspect A.E. Wadsworth - TC. [Resignation of Mr Wadsworth, and appointment of Mr Forgie as sanitary

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Wadsworth, Alfred Ernest