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These regulations seemed to me important, as
containing a clause specifying the quantity of cubic
feet of air that should be required for sleeping and
sitting rooms, amongst an overcrowed population.
The power having been obtained to regulate the
space, I at once set to work to ascertain the number
of notices to be served on persons for lightening the
pressure of the population on the existing lodging
space. Three or four spots were selected, and about
25 houses were examined tor commencing operations.
Although I knew that individual houses in the
Parish were overcrowded, it was not until this house
to house visitation had taken place that I could form
any accurate idea of the amount of overcrowding that
exists throughout the whole Parish. It was on this
account that in my Report of August 15th, I recommended
that further steps should not be taken to
introduce the "Regulations" into the whole Parish,
but that they should be applied only in cases where
extreme necessity demanded interference.
The houses examined by the Sanitary Inspector,
and on which my recommendation was founded were
No. 37, Rupert Street.
No. 2, Tyler's Court, Berwick Street.
No. 3, Tyler's Court.
No. 4, Tyler's Court.
Nos. 6 to 20 (inclusive) Heddon Street, Regent St.