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furnished with a letter showing his authority (for production
if required), and was instructed to call at each house
on his part of the Register, and to ascertain the name of
the occupier, the owner, the number of rooms in the
house; the number of families; and how the house was
occupied, viz., by 1, 2, or 3 families; and to ascertain, by
inquiry and observation, the sanitary defects; reporting
each day the result of such visits; and reporting direct
and immediately to the Inspector of Nuisances of the
division any nuisances or sanitary defects discovered by
him, or to which his attention might be drawn. Summaries
of these daily reports have been submitted to your
Committee at each meeting during the progress of the
inspections.
And to each Local Committee has been submitted, in the
Complaint Books, at each fortnightly meeting, the complaints
made, and notices have been served and proceedings
taken as ordered thereon. Notices have been
served at once in all urgent cases; 1,420 defects have
been reported in this way and submitted to the Local
Committees.
In all cases where the houses were found occupied by members
of more than one family, or where it was thought
necessary, the Inspector left a notice with the householder
calling his attention to the regulations and the necessity
for cleansing work.
The defects are of the same character as those found on
previous inspections, viz., broken and defective water
supply apparatus, want of dust-bins, &c., dilapidated dustbins,
&c., and are principally matters that some attention
and expense on the part of the owners would soon set
right. There were also many cases where the premises
required whitewashing, cleansing, &c.
It may, perhaps, be more convenient to follow the inspections
according to the divisions of the District, and in the
following tabular form:—