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You understand the word in blank, to be the date ?13.943

Yes. * - An Inspector would make out a long list of

houses, where overcrowding was suspected, and in order to prevent the Inspectors from going from one house to another, it was decided that the warrant should be

signed and the date left blank, with the name of the

house filled in, but that the Inspector should not visit

No 1, and No 3, and No 5 the same night, because after

having visited No 1, he would be sure not to find anyone

in No 3 and No 5. That was the reason the instructions

were given.

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The Inspector might get a dozen warrants signed at the

same time, I suppose ?

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

C.O. 537

r Shelton Hooper:-

Before the Inspector can enter a house, cannot the 13945-

tenant demand to see the warrant ?

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Yes.

And supposing the Inspector goes to the occupier's

house, who wants to see the warrant, and the occmter

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sees no date on the warrant, has he no power to turn him

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Give me a common sense view ?

I should think the warrant was perfectly good.

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Referring to the disinfecting of clothing, you said 13948

instructions had boon given to the Inspectors not to

disinfect clothing looked up in boxea. Were these

instructions given verbally, or by notice ?

I really cannot be sure. They are not to disinfect

olean clothing locked up la boxes, unless there is

reason de suppose it is net olsan.

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