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attend to urgent matters which arise after the Inspectors have
left the office for their districts. It has not been possible to
arrange to have this done with the present staff, but with an
additional Inspector it would be possible to arrange for a rota of
District Inspectors, so that one could be in the office at mid-day
and on Saturday mornings to attend to urgent complaints, and I
think this is a matter of considerable importance.
"With the exception of the last few years there have been
eight District Sanitary Inspectors employed in this Borough since
1901, and I am strongly of the opinion that the work cannot be
efficiently done with the present number of Inspectors, and I,
therefore, recommend the appointment of at least one additional
District Sanitary Inspector at a salary of £285 per annum, rising,
by annual increments, of €15 to a maximum of £450 per annum.
"The above report was submitted to the Public Health
Committee at its meeting in January, and, as it is still under consideration,
it appears in the agenda today.
"Since presenting the report I have obtained further and
more definite information with regard to two of the points mentioned,
namely:—
(1.) Overcrowding.
(2.) Houses let in lodgings.
"In 1927 Dr. King Brown caused a census to be taken in order
to arrive at some definite idea as to the state of the Borough with
regard to overcrowding. I have just completed a similar census
taken during the last three months, and the two sets of figures
are set out below for purposes of comparison. In order to make
the two sets of figures strictly comparable, my census has been
taken in exactly the same way, and using the same standards as
in 1927:—
1927. 1934.
Number of houses 18,034 18,470
Total number of rooms 86,720 87,566
„ „ (Sleeping) 43,953 43,775
„ „ (Living and Sleeping) 7,677 5,503
„ „ (Living) 35,090 38,288
Number of families 29,284 28,571
Number of persons 111,784 104,859