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Following the course adopted on previous inspections each
Inspector was 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 rated at £30 and I
under, 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 one, two, .
or three 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.
No cases of overcrowding have been reported on these inspections.
All the defects reported have been regularly
entered in the Complaint Books of the respective divisions,
and these books have been submitted to the Local Committees
at each fortnightly meeting.
Notices have been served at once in all urgent cases; 1,217
defects have been reported in this way and submitted to
the Local Committees.
In all cases where the houses were found occupied by the
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, 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."
Infectious Diseases and Public Conveyances.
The Board received information of a case in which a
child suffering from scarlet fever was removed in a public
conveyance without proper precautions having been taken.
A summons was applied for against the owner of the