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In order to deal with the district in a thoroughly businesslike
and efficient way, it is necessary that the offices of Assistant
Inspector of Nuisances be abolished, and that the Council have
power to appoint such a number of Inspectors of Nuisances with
full powers as they deem advisable. The effect of this would be
that each Inspector would be able to discharge the full duties of an
Inspector in that portion of the district allotted to him, and there
would not be that overlapping which is a necessity at the present
time.
The following clause is suggested for insertion in the Council's
Bill to be promoted in 1912 to cover this point
As to appointment of Inspectors of Nusiances.—The Council
may appoint more than one Inspector of Nuisances, and Sections
189 and 191 of the Public Health Act, 1875, and Section 24 of
the Local Government Act, 1888, shall, for the purposes of the
execution of those Acts and the Public Healths Acts Amendment
Act, 1907, within the district be construed accordingly
(Birmingham).
HOUSING.
The total number of houses in the district on April 1st, 1910,
was 8,927 or an average of 13 houses per acre.
The rental of these houses varies from £10 to £100 per annum,
but very few houses are let at these lower or upper limits. The
majority of all the houses in the district let at from £20 to £35 per
annum.
Twenty-two houses were erected by the Council in 1902 under
Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.
On September 2nd, 1910, the Local Government Board issued
Regulations with regard to the inspection of houses within the
district in pursuance of sub-section (1) of Section 17 of the Housing,
Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909. The main points of the Regulations
are contained in Articles II., III. and IV. thereof as follows:—
Article II.—The inspection under and for the purposes of sub-section
(1) of Section 17 of the Act of 1909 shall be made by the Medical Officer of
Health, or by an Officer designated by the Local Authority but acting under