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THE
Chief Inspector's Tenth Annual Report
ON THE WORK OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
FOR
The Year ending December 31st, 1905.
Arrangement
of Staff.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen.
In presenting my Tenth Annual Report on the work of your
department, it would I think be well to revert to certain alterations
which were submitted for your approval towards the end of last year,
and about the time the last annual report was being issued. Unless
this is done, some little confusion may arise as to the working
arrangements of your staff.
Members of the Committee will recollect that up to the time
mentioned, there had been special inspectors for visiting Workshops
and Trade Premises, as well as all Tenement Houses, and that the
District Inspectors were not concerned in any duties in connection with
any of these premises.
Local
Conditions
Having regard to the local conditions peculiar to this district, it
was found to be quite a common occurrence to have under one roof, or
in one set of premises, a set of circumstances that led to the presence
of two or three different officers almost at the same time.
Dwelling,
Workshop and
Tenement in
one house
Many of our houses constitute in themselves a workshop, as well
as a dwelling, which may be and often is a registered tenement house.
Consequently it often happened (particularly if a case of infectious
disease occurred) that both the special inspectors, as well as the
district inspector, were all making visits to one set of premises.