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Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1890.
In a report by the late Medical Officer of Health presented to the
Committee on May 11th, he stated that 10 applications for certificate3
under the Act had been applied for, and that the work of examining the
houses had entailed an enormous amount of labour both on himself and
on the staff of the department. From this report it appeared that no
leas than 997 tenements had been inspected, and that every detail in
connection with the inspections had been recorded in a book which he
produced. It was gratifying to learn that a great many improvements
had been effected in the several dwellings.
The working of the Act had entailed, in addition to the work
thrown on the Medical Officer, the Superintendent and the several
Inspectors, a large amount of correspondence and numerous interviews
with the owners or their representatives, before the necessary requirements
of the chief official had been carried out.