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CUSTOMS & INLAND REYENUE ACT, 1890.
During the year 1906, applications were made to me by 52
owners of tenement properties to inspect their property, with a
view to giving certificates that the tenements were so constructed
" as to afford suitable accommodation for each of the families or
" persons dwelling therein, and that due provision is made for their
" sanitary requirements," for the purpose of obtaining exemption
from Inhabited House Duty. The 52 applications had reference
to 864 tenements. These I inspected and granted the required
certificates, after the execution of any required alterations.
CANAL BOATS ACT, 1877-1894.
The Canal Boats Inspector of the Borough reports that he made
79 visits to the waterways in the Borough during the year, and
inspected 81 canal boats. Amongst these he only found one infringnaent
of the Regulations, i.e. the marking on the boat required by
the Act was not legible. The remainder of the boats were found
to be in good repair, clean and habitable.
ICE CREAM VENDORS.
During the year 1906, there were 158 premises inspected where
ice creams were manufactured. The necessary cleansing, &c., was
done on the service of intimation notices.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT, 1890-1903.
During the year 1905, I represented the premises known as 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Queen's Court, to the Sanitary Authority as being
unfit for habitation, and that negotiations had been opened between
the owners of the property and the Sanitary Authority, to render
the property fit for habitation. This was the position of affairs at
the time of writing my annual report for 1905. Since then further
progress has been made. The owners were informed that, in
order to render the cottages habitable, it was necessary at least to
make the following alterations :—