(1) (a) The current ratio of Environmental Health Practitioners (Inspectors) in each Municipality is as per Table A below:
(b) The ideal ratio of environmental health inspectors to population size employed in each municipality in the country is in terms of the World Health Organisation and the National Environmental Health Policy one (1) Environmental Health Practitioner to service 10 000 people (1: 10 000).
(2) (a) The number of EHP
(i) Employed (See Table A)
(ii) Required in each Municipality in the country (See Table A)
(aa) 2015-16, (See Table A)
(bb) 2016-17 (See Table A); and
(cc) 2017-18 financial years (See Table A) and
(b) The number of employed inspectors (Environmental Health Practitioners) who were registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa in each case is as tabled in Table A below.
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