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Sufficient time has now elapsed since the redistribution of districts in North
St. Pancras to show the actual numbers of inspections of various classes of
premises, etc., and to compare results in this respect.
But, firstly, it is desirable to set out briefly the history of the areas of the
Inspectors in North St. Pancras, and how they have been distributed. These
are shown in table "A" of the Appendix. Previous to 1898 Inspector Bush
had Sub-Divisions 1 and 2; Inspector Hartnoll Sub Divisions 3, 4, and 5; and
Inspector Barth the Workshops, including bakehouses. Inspector Hartnoll
said he found his District heavy to work, and the owners difficult to deal with.
He resigned in October, 1898, to take up the post of Building Inspector at
Hornsey, and Inspector Newlyn was appointed to his place in November.
Inspector Newlyn did not complain but did not get through his work, took
to irregular habits, and disappeared in February, 1901. In January, 1901,
Inspector Dillon was appointed and succeeded Inspector Newlvn in NubDi
visions 3, 4, and 5 North, and in the same year Inspector Storer was
appointed to inspect Tenement Houses in the North and East Divisions of St.
Pancras. Inspector Dillon found the work heavy, and in 1902 Sub-Division
3 North was transferred to Inspector Rackham, who had charge of SubDivisions
1 and 2 since 1898, and in 1903 Inspector Storer was given half
Sub-Division 1 (Highgate), relieved of Tenement Houses in East St. Pancras,
and confined solely to the North so as to save distance. In 1904 Inspector
Barth resigned, and Inspector Dillon succeeded him as Inspector of Workshops.
Inspector Brown took over Sub-Divisions 4 and 5 from Inspector
Dillon, and Inspector Storer took over the rest of Sub-Division 1 from Inspector
Rackham. At the end of this year the Inspectorship of Workshops and the
Inspectorships of Tenement Houses were abolished, and the Workshops
(including bakehouses) and the Tenement Houses were added to the District
Inspectors' duties.
In order to compare the work in North St. Pancras the middle of 1907 has
been taken as the approximate date of Inspector Storer's departure, and the
Inspections and Re-inspections have been extracted in periods of half-years for
the years 1906, 1907, and 1908. The numbers of Inspections, Re-inspections,
and total visits of Inspectors in North St. Pancras during each of the six halfyears,
are shown in table "B." In this table it, will be seen that during each
of the three half-years before the middle of 1907, the total number of visits
varied from 5,323 to 5,698, and in the three same periods after the middle of
1907, they varied from 3,915 to 3,979.
The Registered Tenement Houses inspected in each of the five Sub-Divisions
of North St. Pancras during the six half-years under review, are set out in
table " C." The deductions from this table are as follows:—
(1) Of the total 426 Registered Houses in North St. Pancras during the
first three half-years respectively, 169, 182, and 175 houses were not
inspected, and during the last three half-years 207, 216, and 241
houses respectively were not inspected.
(2) During the three half-years respectively, before Inspector Storer left
the service, 53, 63, and 9 houses were not inspected in Inspector