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(3) To include tho remaining portion of the District westward
from the boundary of No. 2.
This, if approved, will involve the appointment of an additional
Inspector.
Looking at the increased duties thrown upon the Board from
time to time by the Legislature an regards sanitary matters, and the
importance of a proper supervision, including a house to house
visitation when required, we are strongly of opinion that the work
is too great for two Inspectors.
We also beg to report that we have considered the question of
a proper record being kept of all inspections, so that the Board will
be in possession of information as to the number made from time to
time, the date when they were made, and the situation of each house.
To carry this out, we suggest that the pages of the Inspectors
books should be numbered, and that additional books should be
provided in which the names of the various streets should be
entered, the number of the house, and the date of every inspection ;
and also to contain a reference to the Inspectors report books, so
that the defects which were found, and the remedy applied for the
removal of the same could be easily traced.
As regards the removal of dust, wo beg to suggest that each
Inspector should keen a record of tho pails delivered from time to
time, the use made of them, and when the dust and refuse was taken
away by tho contractors.
At present we do not feel in a position to recommend a decided
course, but would rather leave the matter until the arrangements
before mentioned have been carried out, and greater experience
obtained, when we shall be prepared to report to the Committee
what further steps should bo taken with regard to the important
question of the prompt removal of dust and refuse.
Wo are also strongly of opinion that tho question of scavenging
should not in any way bo mixed up, or form part of the duties of
the Sanitary Inspectors, it will lead to confusion, and we consider
that the scavenging staff should bo entirely distinct from the Sanitary
Staff. We fool that it would be very inconvenient to divide roads