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striking out the paragraph in the Committee's report, allowed the
appointment to lapse, and thus the inspecting staff was reduced to
eight members.
"In November 1895, Mr. Abbott, the senior sanitary inspector,
resigned his appointment on the ground of ill-health ; and on the
recommendation of the Joint Sanitary and Special Purposes Committees,
your Vestry decided (February 26th, 1896) not to All up the
vacancy, and thus the sanitary inspecting staff was further reduced to
seven members, including Miss de Chaumont, the lady inspector who
had been elected, with the status of sanitary inspector, in succession
to Miss Squire, whom the Home Secretary had appointed to the office
of factory inspector.
"The staff of male inspectors having been reduced to six, some
re-arrangement of the sanitary districts became necessary, and as the
Joint Committees and your Vestry were unanimously of opinion that
the North district and the three districts in South Kensington
(Central, South-east and South-west) should not be interfered with,
the re-arrangement was effected by consolidating the North-east
district, and the two divisions ('A' and 'B') of the North west
district, so as to make two districts, since known as North-east and
North-west. Mr. Steward was allocated to the North west district,
which embraced, in addition to his old 'B'division, an area from the
'A' division, to the south thereof, extending to Holland Park Avenue,
the eastern boundary being Princes Road, the western limit being the
boundary of the parish. Mr. Poole retained the remainder of the
'A' division, pint the whole of the North east district.
"In March 1896, your Vestry appointed a Special Committee to
enquire into the condition of a portion of the North-west
district, referred to above as 'Notting Dale.' Among other
recommendations made by the Committee was one indicating the
necessity for more sanitary inspection of the area. The report having
been adopted by your Vestry, the said recommendation was referred
to the Sanitary Committee, who reported recommending—
"That the several Sanitary Districts be re-arranged so that, whilst
the staff of Inspectors shall be retained at its present number,
the district formerly known as North-west (division B),
shall be reconstituted, and allotted to one Inspector ; and
that the resolution of the Vestry of the 26th February last,
above referred to, be revoked to allow of effect being given
to this arrangement."
"This recommendation was adopted by your Vestry at a meeting
held in October."
With a view to assist your Vestry in deciding what
urther rearrangement of the remainder of the Parish might