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Because if they had a great number of houses to do in a given time, if you give an officer an order, that

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he has to examine avary house in a block, that may be

150 houses he has to examine.

And what time is given to him to do that in ?

It all depends. There may be another plague casa

break out somewhere else. There is no doubt the

Inspectors have been rushing over the houses too

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quickly. They have had too much to do, to do their work properly, with regard to opening up of ground surfaces.

Spaking of that, do you consider that they are

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No, I dont suggest that.

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Would you say they have had too much to do?

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In the epidanic season.

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You say the staff is overworked ?

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Many of them, without doubt.

I am speaking of the staff as a whole ?

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No, I would certainly not say the staff as a whole. I would say the plague Inspectors are overworked,

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They do not examine floors during the plagus season.

A large amount of this was done last winter.

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A great amount of it was, and is carried on..

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I mean?

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In England, under the Public Health Ast there, what 19305 floors have they got to examine,

Whatever residences they go into, they would have to

examine the whole of the floors. It is merely a

superficial inspection.

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In England, you can build with wooden floors.

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Yes, that would not concern the Sanitary Inspector at

all. It concerns the District Surveyor.

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