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owner of the apples paying the cost the Vestry had incurred in
the matter.
6th December.—At this meeting the Chief Sanitary Inspector
submitted report relative to the inspection of gipsy vans which
had been made throughout the Parish, that in No. 2 District
there were 10 vans, in No. 4 District 38 vans and in No. 5
District 7, making a total of 55 as compared with 68 in 1895.
That these structures were regulated by bye-laws made
under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1885, and which
amongst other things requires that 150 cubic feet of air space
shall be provided for adults and 75 cubic feet per child under 12
years. Than in one van in No. 2 District the cubic air space
was 52½ feet deficient, whilst in No. 4 District there were four
vans overcrowded, one of which had a deficiency of 200 cubic
feet, being occupied by three adults and two children under 12
years; in a further case the van was occupied by a man, wife and
two lads, 15 and 19 years respectively. In this case the deficiency
in air space being 243 cubic feet.
In No. 5 District five out of the seven vans were overcrowded;
in two of these however the deficiency of air space
was only 25 and 30 feet respectively, in the three remaining cases
the deficiency was 110 cubic feet in a van occupied by two adults
and two children, a deficiency of 175 cubic feet in a van occupied
by two adults and three children, and a deficiency of 150 feet in
a van occupied by two adults and two children. The Committee
gave directions for notices to be served in all cases except the
two where the deficiency in air space was slight, and these were
subsequently complied with.
The Chief Sanitary Inspector further reported that the
result of this inspection showed marked improvement as compared
with that which was made in 1895, when it was found that
out of 68 vans then standing in the Parish, no less than 46 were