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workman, acting under an employer was fined 5/-. The lesson
of these three cases is that it is desirable to employ competent
workmen to repair drains.
65. There are now four houses on the register of houses
occupied by more than one family. Two houses were added
during the year, and two taken off. I proposed to add a large
number of houses on different occasions, but the proposal
nearly always had the effect of turning the tenants out, and
reducing the house to occupation by one family. It is much
to be regretted that house owners should have so strong an
objection to their houses being registered, for it is obvious that
the people turned out will probably go and overcrowd some
other house. Many houses are, however, kept under observation
without being registered.
66. A considerable number of Sanitary defects, found by
the Inspectors, were in comparatively new houses, whose sanitary
arrangements had been passed by the Vestry. I have, in
previous Reports, called attention to the great importance of
thorough inspection of the sanitary arrangements of new
houses. To have houses constructed in a sanitary condition in
the first instance is a simple and comparatively inexpensive
matter, but the remedying of faulty conditions afterwards is
much more complicated and expensive.
I wish to insist on the importance of seeing that the County
Council Bye-laws, and other regulations and enactments with
regard to house drainage, are strictly carried out. I would
again respectfully ask your Vestry to give your serious attention
to this matter.
Need for Additional Inspector.
67. I have already referred to the large amount of work
done by the Sanitary Inspectors, and this, as well as the work