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made in tabular form on pp, 65, 66, et seq. No difficulties that call
for comment have arisen during the year, and some further information
will be found on page 68.
Our card system, commenced in 1909, and modified to meet
the requirements of the Local Government Board under the
Housing and Town Planning Act of 1910, has been arranged so as
to show a complete account of all places coming under the purview
of the Factory and Workshops Act.
The number of complaints of Nuisances received during
1910 was but 72. Over four thousand visits of inspection were,
however, made by Mr. Grylls and Mr. Robinson, and over 400
notices were served for abatement of defects.
In every case these notices were complied with, and the
nature and number of the defects remedied is best realized by
reference to the table given on page 71.
The Coroner's Court and Mortuary are now in excellent
order internally, but considerable external repair will be needed
soon. The Coroner for the Kingston division, Dr. M. Taylor, J.P.,
held 45 inquests at the court during 1910.
The need for swimming baths in the district is hardly
now a matter of dispute. But the actual provision of such baths,
like that of a library, seems destined to be a subject of academical
and debating interest only.
Many of the facts illustrated by the statistical tables that
follow this report have been already alluded to, but others may be
mentioned.
According to Table I, the birth rate for 1910 is the lowest
recorded in eleven years. It is possible that the census may shew
that I have over-estimated the population and therefore that the
birth rate is too low.