>From the Dictionary of Old Trades & Occupations by Andrew & Sandra Twining: "Inspector of nuisances A person employed by a parish or council to inspect for breaches of law, eg bad sanitary conditions, obstruction to footpaths and roads etc. Refuse heaps, smells and insanitary conditions of all kinds were known as "nuisances". In 1846 the Nuisance Removal and Prevention of Diseases Act was passed, enabling towns to appoint inspectors to report on the offensive conditions in their areas. In 1853 one inspector's job description was to seek out nuisances that might be injurious to health in dwelling places or buildings (such as filthy and unwholesome living conditions), to inspect ditches, gutters, drains, privies, cesspools and ash pits. He was also to inspect dwelling places where animals were kept to make sure that they caused no offence and report unclean ditches, gutters and watercourses along the highway. Later in the 19th century, it was the duty of an Inspector of Nuisances to supply disinfectant and ensure that houses with smallpox were disinfected. In 1890 the Inspector of Nuisances became a Sanitary Inspector." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny De Angelis via" <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> To: "Middlesex List" <middlesex_county_uk-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 12:14 PM Subject: [MDX] Occupation- Inspector of Nuisances >I have just found the occupation of Inspector of Nuisances in a marriage > entry for Middlesex and wonder what exactly this occupation would entail. > I > imagine things like noisy and unruly neighbours might come into this > title, > as it might today, but what else would it include? > > Can anyone help at all > Regards > Jenny DeAngelis > > . > ************************************** > Send your List messages using *PLAIN TEXT* and always *DELETE* all > previous messages EXCEPT the one to which you are replying. > > *MEANINGFUL Subject Lines* ie name or topic, date and place with surnames > only in CAPS. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > > The List Archive, containing all messages posted, can be found at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=middlesex_county_uk > > . > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message