South Sydney Municipal Council Health and Building Department

Unique IDAG-0018DescriptionIn March 1981 the Municipal Health Surveyor's Department was renamed the Health and Building Department and given the additional functions of building inspection and building approvals. The new department comprised eighteen officers in three branches.

The department, headed by the Chief Health and Building Surveyor, had three branches as follows. The first branch, headed by a Senior Building Surveyor included an assistant building surveyor, three health and building surveyors and one trainee health and building surveyor. The second branch comprised one officer, the Health Education Officer, whilst the third branch comprised the Prosecuting Officer, three Health and Building Surveyors, two patrol officers, two pest controllers and one dog controller.

The function of building approval was transferred to the Health Department as a result of an investigation by the Administrative Officer, Patrick McRae, into the measures to be taken to improve the operation of the Planning and Building Department, ordered by Resolution of Council of 25 February 1981. On 11 March 1981 Council resolved to amalgamate forward and current planning and development into one department under Brian Holland as Chief Town Planner and to dismember the Planning and Building Department and amalgamate the building responsibilities with the Health Department under the Chief Health and Building Surveyor, J D Smith.

From 1 January 1982, with the amalgamation of South Sydney Municipal Council with Sydney City Council, the functions of the Health and Building Department were transferred to CA 6, City Health and Community Services Department, for public health and allied functions, and CA 8, City Planning Department, with patrol officers going to CA 1, Cleansing Department.CreationResolution of Council (?)AbolitionLocal Government (City of Sydney Boundaries) Act, 1981

Series

South Sydney Municipal Council Health and Building Miscellaneous Register

South Sydney Municipal Council Notice Register

Planning Street Cards

Agency

Planning and Building Department

Health and Community Services

Cleansing Department II

Description

Start date11th March 1981End date31st December 1981Relationship legacy dataPRECEDED BY: South Sydney Municipal Council Health Surveyors Department AG-0019 (11/03/1981)
RELATED TO: South Sydney Municipal Council OR-0011 (11/03/1981 to 31/12/1981)
RELATED TO: Public health FN-0012 (11/03/1981 to 31/12/1981)
RELATED TO: Building and development regulation FN-0010 (11/03/1981 to 31/12/1981)
RELATED TO: Garbage and refuse cleansing FN-0003 (11/03/1981 to 31/12/1981)
Source System ID18

Relationships

Preceding agenciesSouth Sydney Municipal Council Health Surveyor's DepartmentOrganisationSouth Sydney Municipal CouncilRelated functionsGarbage and refuse cleansingBuilding and development regulationPublic health

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