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human habitation. The first-mentioned duties have'
been repeatedly urged on local authorities by the
Local Government Board in their various circulars,
and under the heading of " Powers and Duties of
Councils" in the circular issued with the Public
Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1911, the importance
of frequent inspection is again emphasized as.
follows:—
" Apart from the actual treatment of cases, the
" Board would again urge on local authorities the
" great importance of their making full use of
" their powers of preventing overcrowding and of
" securing the removal of any conditions tending
" to injure the health of persons residing in their
" district."
I have in many previous reports referred to the
useful purposes served by a system of thorough houseto-house
inspection of a district, which is productive
of good in so many ways that it may certainly be
looked upon as one of the principal duties of a Sanitary
Inspector.
During the year under review, 2,607 houses were
inspected in compliance with the Regulations. They
included 1,035 tenements, housing 10,624 adults and
5,413 children, as will be seen on referring to Table
IV. The provisions of the Public Health Acts
Amendment Act, 1907, dealing with the paving of
yards and the fixing of sinks, have been found to be of
great use, and their reasonable application has resulted;
in the paving or repairing of 422 yards and the provision
of 191 sinks in connection with dwelling