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This work has not been done in the past, and it will be
obvious that it cannot properly be done in the future, unless
there is an addition to the staff of Inspectors.
The hands of the present Inspectors are full with the work
at present thrown upon them, and if this additional duty also
devolves upon them, their usefulness in other respects must
necessarily be greatly diminished.
The Legislature, however, has cast these duties upon the
Council, and if they are to be properly performed, an additional
Inspector should be appointed. Such an additional officer would,
besides the work in connection with the Factory Acts, be able to
exercise more constant supervision over the offensive businesses
already alluded to, as well as slaughter-houses and other regulated
trades ; could assist the Medical Officer of Health with the houseto-house
inspection of the District, and, probably, also relieve
the present Inspectors of their disinfecting work, which frequently
and most inconveniently intei feres with their routine duties.
I am,
Your obedient servant,
L. W. DARRA MAIR,
M.D. (Lond.), D.P.H. (Lond.),
&c., &3.