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already explained, nnd was re-named " North-west," alterations
at the same time being made whereby large additions were made
to the districts now described as North-east, and Central. As
to the North-west district, as delimited in October, particulars
as to acreage, population, number of separate families, and
number of inhabited houses, and of tenements of less than
five rooms, may be seen in the table at page 112.
It has already been mentioned that it is, at present,
impracticable to give effect to the recommendation of" frequent
house-to-house inspection" which the Sanitary Committee
in 1893, and the Special Committee in 1896, alike
regarded as of prime necessity. The work done in the five
streets in 1896 was as follows:—
Name of Street.
Number of
HouBes in
Street.
Number of
Houses
Inspected.
N umber of
Inspections.
Number of
Re-inspections.
Bangor-street
39
39
59
184
Crescent-street
38
38
81
219
St. Clement's-road
(part of)
38
38
70
176
St. Katharine's - road.
110
91
118
538
William-street
50
49
70
40
275
255
398
1157
Of the 275 houses, 23 are common lodging-houses under the
administration of the County Council, each such house being
inspected at least once a week ; of the remaining 252 houses,
159 were inspected once, 46 twice, 18 thrice, 14 four times,
1 house five times, and 1 house six times.
The notices issued in the course of the year were 213 in
number, and concerned 116 of the 255 houses; as many as 6 to
8 notices having been served in respect of some of the houses.
The " re-inspections," it will be understood, were made for the
purpose of supervision of the work required by the notices to
be executed: they were all the more numerous by reason of