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is served upon the landlord of the house and these papers
are accompanied by a notice signed by the Town Clerk
requesting that the necessary information be furnished.
Declarations should be returned within fourteen days,
but it is seldom that they are received until repeated
applications and letters are sent, and frequently in the cases
of illiterate landlords the inspector has to fill in the papers
on the premises.
When declarations are received the addresses of the
houses are reported to the Public Health and Housing
Committee in order that the premises may be registered.
The landlord of each registered house is then notified of the
fact by a printed intimation signed by the Medical Officer of
Health. The particulars stated on the declarations are then
entered in the journal and register.
As soon as possible the houses are inspected, and, if
necessary, the cubic capacity of the rooms ascertained and
all particulars and dimensions entered in the register.
The books kept are as under: —
3 registers,
10 journals,
1 book of notices to supply information,
1 book of notices for cleansing, overcrowding, etc.,
1 book of notices of intimation re registration,
1 book of notices re verminous rooms, and
1 book of particulars re overcrowding,
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and I would here point out that in the carrying out of the whole
clerical work, including writing of notices, intimations, etc., no
assistance whatever is received from the clerical staff of the department
as is the case with the district inspectors, and, moreover, it
would be impossible with the present clerical staff to afford any
such assistance.*
I would further mention that in enforcing these bye-laws no
assistance whatever is rendered by the inspector's labourers.
*Intimations and Notices are now served under the By-laws, as mentioned in the
second paragraph at the beginning of the report.