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Sanitation of House Property.
The systematic inspection of house property is carried out by
eight district inspectors, the Borough for this purpose being divided
into eight sanitary districts.
During 1911 the total number of houses inspected in house-tohouse
inspection was 2,736 as compared with 3,441 in 1910.

The number of houses inspected it will be seen has varied from
year to year. The fluctuations in this important branch of
Sanitary administration work are due to the varied nature of the
duties of the district Sanitary Inspectors. In years when infectious
diseases are unduly prevalent a good deal of their time is taken
up with securing the isolation or removal to hospital of patients,
disinfection of premises, search for sources of infection,
contacts, &c. The supervision of drainage work in connection
with new buildings is a duty that takes up a good deal of
time and during the last two or three years in two of the
sanitary districts, a considerable amount of new drainage has
been carried out. During 1911 the number of houses inspected
was the lowest since 1903. The loss of the services for 8 or
9 months of one of the most experienced of the district inspectors
owing to his having met with a serious accident and the resignation
of the female workshop Inspector rendering it necessary to rearrange
the work of the outdoor sanitary Staff were additional
factors which are responsible for the decrease.
The following summary shows the number of houses inspected
and the number of defects found in each of the sanitary districts
in 1911