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One carries out the Bye-Laws as to houses let in lodgings
and,
All nine officers either individually or together as
directed take samples and carry out the Food and
Drugs Act.
The clerical staff consists of five which as mentioned above is
not quite able to cope with all its work and assistance is required
here.
The disinfecting staff consists of five—a superintendent, one
engineer and three disinfectors.
The removal of dust is done by contract and for this purpose
the Borough is divided into three districts each with a separate
contract. The three are sub-divided to nine each with a dustpail
foreman who sees the dust removed twice in each week from all
premises.
The men engaged on combined drainage vary from time to
time, according to requirements, and with the flusher and
mortuary keeper completes the staff under the direction of your
Committee.
In conclusion, I think the Committee may be congratudated on
the great improvement in the sanitary condition of the Borough,
which is fully equal to, and in many respects in advance of others
of a similar standing.
In matters of drainage, sanitary conveniences and fittings, the
paving of yards, and spaces about dwellings, and general sanitary
conditions, this Borough will now stand enquiry and comparison
with any working class district in London.
Density of population, in reality overcrowding on space, is with
all its attendant evils our greatest remaining trouble. This will
never be fully remedied until many existing conditions are dealt
with in a very different manner than has yet been attempted by
any of the great parties whose principal achievement seems to
begin and end in—talk.