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Tents and Vans.— By-laws regulating the use of these were made by the
Council in 1903. All tents and vans (which are few in number) were inspected
regularly and steps were taken to ensure that the by-laws were being observed.
The total number of inspections made was 60.
Houses Let in Lodgings.—No register is now kept of houses let in lodgings
but as the records of this Department in respect of individual houses are kept on
cards, such houses are kept prominently before the district sanitary inspectors by
means of "signals" on the cards which serve as reminders to the inspectors that they
are dealing with houses that would formerly have been registered. During the year
702 inspections of such houses were made.
New Houses.—The following Table No. 35, shows the number of certificates
of a proper and sufficient supply of water for new houses granted by the Public
Health Committee at each of their meetings. Of these, 386 were in respect of houses
built by the Council.

Bug Infestation of Houses.— The Council's obligations with regard to buginfested
premises and the experience they have gained in their new housing estates
in dealing with the problem, have already been dealt with in my last two Annual