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The total number of houses now registered is therefore 1,233 in
about 130 streets and courts. During the year the usual inspections
have been made, and a number of notices served. In the spring
many of the registered houses were cleansed, in accordance with
the requirements of the Bye-laws. But a number of owners were
negligent in this respect and action had to be taken to obtain
compliance with the Bye-laws.
(b) House to House Inspection is a second means
for attaining the ultimate object of sanitation in house property.
By this arrangement houses, whether registered or not, are
periodically inspected and a complete sanitary survey thus carried
out. Each inspector undertakes this work in his own sanitary
district. When sanitary defects are present notices are at once
served for their repair. The facts obtained are entered in the
House Record Book. In this register are particulars as to owner,
mode of occupation, cubic space, conditions of sanitation, drainage,
etc. This record is constantly of service in the work of the
Department, and of considerable permanent value. During 1907
the systematic house inspections thus made numbered 806, as
against 1,341 in 1906. Out of the total number inspected 406 or