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HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION.
At the outset of this question we are met
with the first Section of the Act of 1891,
which directs "that it shall be the duty of ever
"Sanitary Authority to cause to be made from
"time to time inspection of their district, with a
"view to ascertain what nuisances exist calling for
"abatement under the powers of this Act, and to
"enforce the provisions of this Act, for the purpose
''of abating the same, and otherwise to put in force
"the powers vested in them relating to Public health
"and local government, so as to secure the proper
"sanitary condition of all premises within their
"district."
The additional power thus given to Local
Authorities forms an entirely new departure,
since it involves a systematic and periodical
inspection of all buildings, public and private,
the great bulk of which have hitherto only
come under the cognisance of my department
when sanitary defects were complained of, and