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The amendment of the procedure for Closing Orders,
etc., under the Housing Acts, in respect of insanitary
property, has very much increased the work of the
Department, and during the year under review many
houses have been represented as being unfit for human
habitation, full particulars of which are given in the
section on the Housing Acts.
As in previous reports, I am giving a brief account
of my duties performed in accordance with the Orders
of the Local Government Board and the Council, under
the following headings:—
(а) General and Systematic Inspection of the
District.
(b) Housing of the Working Classes Acts.
(c) House Drainage.
(d) Water Supply.
(e) Infectious Diseases and Disinfection.
(f) Factory and Workshop Acts.
(g) Dairies, Cowsheds, Milkshops, Slaughterhouses,
Fish-shops, etc.
(h) Food Inspection.
(i) Sale of Food and Drug Acts.
(j) Petroleum Acts.
(k) General Matters.
House-to-House Inspection.
The Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
which were made by the Local Government Board
under the powers conferred on them by Section 17,