CO129-294 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [10-12] — Page 512

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509

District Inspectors

of

of

02r

their rounds.

house to house visitation.

I beg

the Committee

to direct the attention

to the following

matters which in

my opinion cannot be

adequately dealt with

by the present staff and which

are

may well be argued, entitled to receive more attention

in the

future

than it has been

possible to

give to them.

I. Overcrowding

The abatement of

overcrowding necessarily involves

night visits, i.e., domiciliary visits

between the hours of 11 pm and 5 am. (vide §. 9 of Ordinance 15 of 1894) and this work is at present done by

the first class Inspectors, but in order to be effective and

to have an appreciable result, such visits should

be made

every eight,

and this can hardly be done by an

Inspector who has in addition the supervision of

two Health Districts, of several cemeteries and of the limewashing of tenement dwellings. Night visits frequently involve prosecution, and I

have

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509 District Inspectors of of 02r their rounds. house to house visitation. I beg the Committee to direct the attention to the following matters which in my opinion cannot be adequately dealt with by the present staff and which are may well be argued, entitled to receive more attention in the future than it has been possible to give to them. I. Overcrowding The abatement of overcrowding necessarily involves night visits, i.e., domiciliary visits between the hours of 11 pm and 5 am. (vide §. 9 of Ordinance 15 of 1894) and this work is at present done by the first class Inspectors, but in order to be effective and to have an appreciable result, such visits should be made every eight, and this can hardly be done by an Inspector who has in addition the supervision of two Health Districts, of several cemeteries and of the limewashing of tenement dwellings. Night visits frequently involve prosecution, and I have
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509

District Suspectors

of

of

02r

their rounds.

house to house visitation.

I beg

Brow

the Committee

to direct the attention

matters which in

Cannot be

to the following

my opinion adequately dealt with

by the present staff and which

are

may well be argued. entitled to receive more attention

in the

cai

future

to give

possible to

I Overcrowding

than it has been

to them.

in the part.

The abatement of

overcrowding necessarily involves

night visits, i.c. domo

domiciliary visits

belieen the hours of 11 pm and 5am. (vide §. 9 of Ordinance 15 of 1894) and this work is at present done by

of the

first class Suspectors, but in order to be effective and

DILL

to have avery

appreciable result, such visits should

be made

every eight,

arr

and this can

Suspector who has in addition the supervision of hardly be done by

two Bealth Districts, of several cemeteries and of the limewarking of tenement dwellings. Right virit's frequently involve prosecution, and I

have

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