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of effluvia; and be properly ventilated, must have one or
more windows opening directly into the external air; and
other very stringent hygienic provisions.
By Section 97:—
It is the duty of an Officer of the Sanitary Authority,
when appointed by the Authority for the purpose, to report
at such times and in such manner as he may be ordered, all
cases in which underground rooms are occupied contrary to
this Act.
By Section 99:—
(3 and 4.) In these two sub-sections it is enacted that the
Sanitary Authority may appoint a Committee for the
purpose of the Act, to serve and receive notices, take proceedings
and empower any officer to make complaints and
take proceedings on their behalf.
By Section 100:—
Gives the London County Council power to supersede
the Sanitary Authority, where that Authority has failed to
enforce any bye-laws, and do any act which such Authority
should have done, and to recover from the Sanitary
Authority such expenses as they may incur in so doing.
Section 107:—
(1) Enacts that the Sanitary Authority shall appoint an
adequate number of Inspectors.
(2) The Local Government Board on representation from
the County Council, alter local enquiry, if satisfied that the
Sanitary Authority have failed to appoint a sufficient number
of Inspectors, may order the Authority to appoint such
number of additional Inspectors, and to allow such remuneration
as the order directs.
Having now given you a short synopsis of the Act, it will
be readily observed that many new and onerous duties are cast
upon my department. The first Section may be said to be the
keystone of the Working of the whole Act: it is obvious from this,
that it is our duty to ensure that every house in the Hamlet,
shall be in a proper sanitary condition; if this is to be carried
out properly, we must have additional assistance in my department,
for with 14,000 houses to inspect, and to keep an accurate
record of each premises, it will take a number of years to get
once through the Hamlet; we have quite 2,000 houses that
require visiting twice a year, and roughly, about 5,000, that
ought to be visited once a year, and the rest at any rate every
two years, to do this we must have extra assistance. Our present
Inspectors have inspected about 4,500 houses during last year,
this with the clerical work necessarily takes up their time; they
with me are anxious that the Hamlet shall be in an efficient