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266
1911]
the preceding year. So large a deficiency was entirely due to the absence
through illness of Inspector Ward, who was away during nearly the whole of
the third quarter and the entire of the fourth, and who in the corresponding
quarter of 1910 made 258 inspections and calls. His work had, therefore, to
be undertaken by Inspector Hancock, who, owing to the much larger extent
of area to be covered—the whole borough instead of one-half—could only pay
5,608 visits, as against 6,807 in the preceding year. This inspector, however,
did his utmost to keep up the tale of inspections, and did, in fact, constantly
visit the worst houses on the lists.
The work performed included 1,364 inspections and 6,852 re-inspections
and subsequent calls, while the notices numbered 908, of which 768 were
intimations and 140 statutory notices.