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and re-vaccinate in houses where small-pox exists, and is entitled to
payment for his work the same as a "public vaccinator."
SANITARY WORK.
The principal items of the sanitary work of the Inspectors are set out
in Tables VI and VIa (Appendix.) A not inconsiderable part of the work
of the Inspectors, however, scarcely admits of tabulation, many sanitary
improvements being carried out on their advice without the necessity of
recourse to forms, notices, or other legal proceedings, all of which
take up time just when the object is to get nuisances abated, &c.,
without delay. Rut when persuasion fails, and recourse must be had to
the forms of the law there can be no doubt that it is the duty of an
Inspector to proceed with the utmost despatch; rigour is then not only
the best policy but in the end it is also the kindest. The difficulties that
beset legal proceedings, however, tend to cool the ardour of Sanitary
Inspectors in having recourse to magisterial assistance. I trust the
plan recently sanctioned by your Vestry of authorising the Inspectors
to issue a 'preliminary notice' immediately on the discovery of a
nuisance will be attended with good results, and will frequently render
unnecessary recourse to the more formal statutory notice by your
Vestry, which necessarily involves more or less loss of time.
LICENSED SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
The slaughter-houses are now 29 in number, viz., 20 north and 9
south of Uxbridge Road (vide Table XI, Appendix). The business of
a slaughterer of cattle has not been "established anew" in Kensington
since the passing of the "Slaughter Houses (Metropolis) Act, 1874."
One license has lapsed, there having been no application for a renewal:
the premises were very unfit for the business, so that the discontinuance
of it is a clear sanitary gain. All the licensed premises were inspected
by your Vestry's Works, Sanitary, and General Purposes Committee
prior to the renewal of the licenses, and their report was published with
my monthly Report (No. 11), Sept. 18th, page 74.
The Committee had occasion to complain of the neglect by several
of the licensees to give that careful attention to the carrying out of the
regulations (e.g., Nos. 5, 10, and 16) essential for the prevention of
nuisance. A copy of the Committee's report was forwarded to the
several licensees, and their attention was called to the necessity of a