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Dwellings Committee, and report upon any matter requiring the
attention of the Committee. (S. J. D., Vol. 1, page 121.)
27th November, 1889. That it be an instruction to the Surveyor to
enter the state of the weather each day in the proper column in
the "Slopping and Dusting Book," and any special circumstances,
to serve as a permanent record for the information of the Works
Committee. (W. 11, p. 359.)
7th January, 1890. That the Inspector of Nuisances be instructed
to visit each house registered under the Sanitary Regulations of
the Vestry at least once in every quarter, and to record the date
and result of such visit in a book to be provided for the purpose.
(S. 3, p. 379.)
8th January, 1890. That in future extra time be allowed to the
bricklayers and other workmen employed by the Vestry only
according to the custom of their respective trades. (W. 11, p. 2.)
8th January, 1890. That the following Regulations for ballasting
the streets be approved, subject to any alteration therein that
experience may show to be necessary. (W. 12, p. 6.)
1. The foreman of orderlies shall at all times during the day
or evening (including Sundays) when the roads become slippery
through frost or damp, employ such number of boys, men, horses,
and carts as may be necessary to properly ballast the roads to
give a firm foothold.
2. In the event of the roads being slippery the first thing
in the morning, the foreman of sweepers shall have them properly
ballasted until the arrival of the foreman of orderlies.
3. In the event of the roads being very slippery, men are to
ba taken off their ordinary work, whether sweeping or paving, to
assist in ballasting.
4. In the event of the asphalted roads being slippery during
the daytime, the foreman in charge of the carmen, viz., the
foreman of sweepers during the morning and the general foreman
during the afternoon, shall employ such carmen to ballast the
said roads.