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present moment and of the actual shading of the overcrowding map based on
the census figures, I beg to recommend that the areas of the twelve District
Inspectors be constituted as follows:—
District. Sub-Divisions.
(1) N. 1 (Highgate), N. 2 (St. John's Park).
(2) N. 3 (Gospel Oak), N. 4 (Grafton), and N. 5 (Maitland Park).
(3) E. 1 (Bartholomew), E. 2 (Camden Square), and E. 3 (College).
(4) E. 4 (Oakley Square).
(5) E. 5 (Ossulston).
(6) W. 1 (Castle), W. 2 (Chalk Farm).
(7) W. 3 (Mornington), W. 4 (Regent's Park).
(8) W. 5 (Euston).
(9) S. 1 (Argyle), S. 2 (Mecklenburgh).
(10) S. 3 (Burton).
(11) S. 4 (Endsleigh).
(12) S. 5 (Whitfield).
It will be observed by referring to the overcrowding map that those districts
in which the figures of premises and inspections are lowest appear on the map
as more darkly shaded than some of the areas in which the premises and
inspection figures are highest, so that allowance must be made for this fact,
which will then make the areas appear even more equable than they are.
As to Seasons and Cycles.—In addition to dwelling places requiring periodical
inspection and the regular inspection of the yards of mews and stables, the
District Inspectors' duties include attention to complaints, the verification of
drainage plans and the supervision of drainage works, and, when time permits,
house to house inspection, or inquiry, etc., in tenement streets. These duties
are more or less evenly distributed throughout the year and remain approximately
similar in amount from year to year. But there are certain duties
which are liable to fluctuations, sometimes extreme, namely, those connected
with injections diseases, inquiry, removal, disinfection, etc., and sanitary inspection
and supervision of works after, etc. It must be borne in mind that during
the last two years the numbers of infectious cases have been the two lowest on
record, and that in the autumn of the year when the amount of cases is always
greatest the Inspectors set aside their periodical work for a while until the
pressure of infectious cases subsides. Additional pressure would overload
several of the Inspectors in the autumn, and it is to be presumed that in case
of increased pressure due to greater prevalence of infectious disease then or at
any other time the Council would provide such assistance as may be found to
be necessary