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tions cited the "Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910," imposing an important responsibility on Local
Authorities and specific duties that are to be observed by Health
Officers.
The Local Authorities are as early as practicable to
determine the procedure to be adopted to give effect to
these regulations, being guided by the varying needs of
localities; and also cause to be prepared a list of dwellinghouses
which in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health
are unfit for human habitation.
With a view to uniformity and thoroughness, the Officer
making the inspection has to specially report on the following
matters (by the Board's instructions):—
The arrangements for preventing the contamination
of the water supply.
Closet accommodation.
Drainage.
Light, free circulation of air, dampness and cleanliness.
Paving, drainage, etc.
Dust bin accommodation, etc.
Rooms unfit for human habitation.
Defects (general) that may tend to render a house
unfit for human habitation.
The Board have further prescribed that records of the
inspections made shall be accurately kept under appropriate
headings, which are tabulated in the Regulations.
In reviewing the requirements of the Regulations with the
detailed Table of nuisances on page 89 (which has been our
practice for many years to observe when inspecting houses), it
will be seen that all the items to which the Board direct special
attention with the exception of light and free circulation of air,
have been included in our list of sanitary defects, and as the
Borough is a comparatively new district, the houses having
been built under modern bye-laws, these two last-named
defects are seldom met with except in the cases of erection
of wooden structures by tenants, when they have been dealt
with under the bye-laws as temporary buildings.