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Systematic Inspection of the Tenant-House Dwellings
of the Parish.
The practice of employing one inspector for this
special duty of Systematic Inspection from house to
house, has been in operation for eight years in this
parish, and it is found that he requires 15 months to
get over the whole work allotted to him.
In 1871 a report was made upon the duties of the
Sanitary Inspectors, and it was then believed that 20
to 40 houses could be inspected daily, and would
enable one Inspector to get round the parish in the
year, and visit some blocks or groups of streets 3 or 4
times during the year. He has however not been able
to do so.
I have before observed that this kind of Sanitary
work is attended, with marked success. Records now
exist of the exact state of every house in the following
streets, vide Tables VI., their population, or families on
each floor, or in single rooms, the condition of rooms as
to overcrowding, the water supply, cleanliness, drainage,
&c. The names and addresses of owner, occupier
or agent.
In order to form a basis for the future comparison
I have for some time endeavoured to tabulate districts,
or blocks of streets in different localities, vide TableVII.,
page 16, each of which might with advantage be
separately studied.