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the first year in which the services of a full-time additional Sanitary
Inspector were available.

The additional work undertaken by the Sanitary Department
during the year chiefly related to work under the Housing Acts, 1935
and 1936. Not only have inspections had to be made to detect overcrowding,
but to provide all owners of working class property within
the District with figures stating the maximum accommodation of these
dwellings. This has entailed a great deal of work additional to the
normal increase owing to the growth of the District, which included
the abolition of 119 cesspools during the year. Further additions have
been required by the Shops Acts, and by the Council undertaking both
the disinfection of premises and the carrying out of duties under the
Rats and Mice Destruction Act.
The Staff employed in this Department during 1936 consisted of
two full-time and one half-time Sanitary Inspectors, with one clerk,
and the assistance of a workman who is chiefly engaged in disinfection,
rat destruction, drain testing, etc. Their work has been most satisfactorily
carried out, and credit is due to the Chief Sanitary Inspector
for his energy and the smoothness with which expansion has taken
place to cope with the additional duties.