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(9) Each Inspector in his own district, would be responsible for the
dence to be produced in cases taken before the Justices, and for due
supervision of works ordered, whether by the Justices or by the
Vestry.
(10) The actual work of disinfection might be done by a sanitary labourer.
It would be well, moreover, to employ two handy men to open up
drains for examination, a kind of work of which too little has been
done heretofore. The spare time of these men (if any), and of the
sanitary labourer, could be utilized in out-door inspection, as of
mews, urinals, &c.
(11) The Inspectors should attend at the office from 9 to 10 a.m. to enter up
the record of their work, and to arrange with the Sanitary Clerk for
the preparation of Orders, which might, with advantage, be served
by a messenger.
(12) It is deserving of consideration whether it might not be advisable to
make two of the Inspectors, one for North Kensington, and one for
South Kensington, first-class Inspectors, and responsible for the due
performance of the entire work of Sanitary Inspection, for the whole
of each of the said districts respectively. But details of administration
may well be deferred until the Vestry shall have agreed to the
appointment of the additional officers necessary for carrying on the
work of the department in an efficient and satisfactory manner."
Appended to the Report, there was a statement of the work
done by the Inspectors in the year 1889-90; corresponding with
Tables VI. and VI.a in the Appendix to this Report.
The Committee considered the above Report, and the question
generally, at two special meetings, and they interrogated each of
the Inspectors, as to his duties, separately and independently. It
was incidentally mentioned in the course of the enquiry, that
many provincial towns had a much larger Inspectorial staff than
our Parish; Brighton being named as one example, where, with
a population of 124,000, nine Inspectors are employed, of whom
seven are certificated. Hull also was mentioned, population
214,000: thirteen Inspectors, of whom five are certificated.
The decision arrived at, by the majority of the Committee, on
the reference back of the question which gave rise to their further
enquiry, was embodied in a recommendation that "two Street
Inspectors be appointed." These appointments having been