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4. No houses have been registered under the bye-laws
relating to premises occupied by members of more
than one family, indeed bye-laws for this purpose have
only recently been made by the Vestry and submitted
for confirmation by the Local Government Board.
5. Although the inspection of workshops has been commenced
it would appear that but a small proportion
have yet been visited.
6. No shelter for the accomodation of persons during
the disinfection of their rooms has yet been provided.
In concluding this report I would refer to the fact that in the
year 1888 a report as to the sanitary requirements of the
Parish of Betbnal Green by Messrs. Cubitt Nicholls and
Shirley Murphy was presented to Parliament. There is
little doubt that since the date of that report improvement
has been effected in the condition of the Parish, owing to
the adoption of some of the recommendations which were
then made, more particularly the re-organisation of the
Sanitary Department and its more complete supervision by
the Medical Officer of Health. Amongst other recommendations
it was at that time considered needful that there
should be an addition of two Inspectors, making a total of
four Sanitary Inspectors. The Vestry, however, made at
that time only one such appointment, a fourth Inspector
was not appointed till the end of the year 1893, when it
was found necessary to increase the staff in order to cope
with new duties which had been imposed on Sanitary
Authorities in London by recent legislation. The Vestry
have already recognised that this increase in the staff is
inadequate for the purpose of dealing with the additional
work entailed by the passing of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, and since the commencement of my inquiry,
have resolved that another Sanitary Inspector shall be
appointed, making a total of five. I do not, however, think
that five Inspectors will be sufficient for carrying out the
work which requires to be done in the Parish. The character