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March 1865, and was performed in respect of the following
roads —James Street Lothian Road, Lothian Road, Langton
Road, Bishop's Road, D'Eynsford Road, Harvey Road, Kimpton
Road, Brook's Road Talfourd Road, Lyndhurst Grove, Edmond
Street, Stafford Street Peckham Road, Marlborough Road,
Basing Road, Crab-Tree-Shot Road, Willow-Brook Road, Marlborough
Road Old Kent Road, Green-Hundred Road, Emily
Road, and Mawby Road. Since March, 1865, the Inspectors
have been relieved of much of this duty, but have still to take
out all summonses, and to attend to all subsequent proceedings.
14th.—It should be added that in the autumn of 1865, a good
deal of the Inspectors time was occupied with matters relating
to the Cattle Plague.
I have added to this list of duties a table (table V) which
shews the number of slaughter-houses, bake-houses, and cowhouses
under supervision in each year, the number of miscellaneous
nuisances attended to in each year, the number of
houses systematically inspected annually, and the works which
have been carried out in consequence of these inspections, during
the 11 years in which the Vestry has been in operation.
It will be seen, I think, from all that has just been stated,
that the Inspectors have not been idle; that the systematic
house to house inspections have been continuous and beneficial
in a high degree to the Parish; but that the actual inspections
form only a very small portion of the duties which these officers
have to perform; and that, if they be compared with the number
of houses in the Parish, to inspect the Parish thoroughly would
at the rate at which inspection has been going on require a
period of several years. But it should be explained that systematic
inspections are for the most part limited to the poorer