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one and not always easy of correction. It is becoming a
common practice to buy working class houses on the
weekly instalment process, payments which during times
of ready employment may be easily met, become difficult
when unemployment is prevalent. The taking in of
lodgers is an avenue of relief, but becomes a public
health problem when the family sub-tenant has to live in
a room or rooms not provided with the minimum essentials
of a home.
VII.—SMOKE POLLUTION.
Five routine visits and observations were made, and
the inspectors were successful in getting four smoke
nuisances abated as a result of informal action. In these
four instances it was necessary to make suggestions for
improvement in stoking which were willingly carried
out.
There is a general desire on the part of owners of
steam raising plants to eliminate as far as possible the
emission of smoke, and the advice of the sanitary inspectors,
two of whom hold the special certificate for smoke
inspection of the Royal Sanitary Institute, is readily
sought.
VIII—SHOPS ACTS.
Six hundred and one visits were made under these
Acts. Forty contraventions were reported, which principally
related to the failure to display notices with
reference to the Assistants' Half-Holiday form and the
hours of employment of Assistants under the age of 18
years. In every case the shop-keepers provided the
necessary forms forthwith.
This district is patrolled periodically during the
week-days and Sunday evenings.