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Sanitary Inspection of the District.
Some particulars of the work done are set out in the Appendix
to this report.
Nuisances, Contraventions of Byelaws, Defective Drainage, etc.
The number of unremedied nuisances* brought forward from
1916 was 290. The number of nuisances recorded during the year
was 287, but during the year 255 nuisances were remedied, leaving
322 premises in which nuisances still existed at the end of the year.
During the year, nuisances at 49 houses were reported to the
Health Committee, which added to the 30 brought forward from
1916, make a total of 79. Statutory notices were authorised and
served in most of these cases, and by the end of the year, the
nuisances were remedied in 50 of the houses, leaving 29 cases to
be carried forward to 1918.
•More properly, homes in which nuisances were found.
Premises and Occupations controlled by Bye-laws or
Regulations.
There are about 350 premises in this district which call for
periodical inspection such as the following: —
Houses let in Lodgings, Common Lodging Houses, Bakehouses,
Slaughter-houses, Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops,
Offensive Trades, Laundries (non factory) and Workshops and
Work Places.
Owing to pressure of work, the Inspector of Nuisances has
been unable to tabulate the number of inspections and other work
in connection with these premises.
HOUSING.
Houses with Sanitary Defects.
The following statement gives the information required by the
Local Government Board relative to this class of property, dealt
with during the year under the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910 :—