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(2) The Sanitary Inspectors carry out the work connected
with the description and sizes of the rooms as set out in Columns
9 and 10 on Form B. This would by no means entail a visit to
each house, as in many streets all the houses are exactly similar
in regard to the number and size of the rooms; the report of the
enumerator would reveal those houses which did not conform
to type.
(3) That Columns 11 to 16 on Form B. be filled in at my
Office.
It is essential that the enumerators appointed be persons of
integrity and sufficient experience.
Alternately to the above suggestions, but much more expensive
to put into practice, additional Sanitary Inspectors could be
appointed to survey all the dwellings. The sending of forms to
the occupiers of dwelling-houses to be filled in and returned would,
in my view, prove very unsatisfactory, and in any case measurements
of the premises should only be carried out by trusted and
responsible persons.
I need hardly stress the fact that this Memorandum only
purports to outline the Act as it affects my Department at this
juncture; considerable elasticity must be allowed for developments
which will arise during the inauguration and working of such a
big and far-reaching survey.
F. GARLAND COLLINS,
Medical Officer of Health.
Medical Officer of Health's Department,
Municipal Health Offices,
Romford Road, Stratford, E.15.
November, 1935.
ADDENDUM.
Since compiling the above Memorandum, Circular 1507 has
been issued from the Ministry of Health fixing the following dates
in respect of Section 1 of the Housing Act, 1935.
(l) For the completion of inspection—1st April, 1936.
(2) For the submission of Report thereon—1st June, 1936.
(3) For the submission of proposals therewith—1st August, 1936.
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