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NUISANCES.
Tables XXIII. and XXIV.
The total number of complaints of nuisances dealt with during the year
conforms very closely to last year.
The total for the past year was 4,669, as against 4,391 for 1906, an increase
proportionate to the number of vessels.
Of this number, 389 related to smoke, 34 to offensive cargoes, 14 to
questions of drainage, &c., while 4,231 related to general nuisances, of which
many involved structural alterations.
Details of these structural alterations are given in Table XXII. relating to
vessels, and Table XXIII. relating to premises on shore.
The written intimations sent numbered 664, while in 130 cases statutory
notice was served by the direction of your Committee.
Legal proceedings were recommended in 7 cases, and proceeded with in 6,
a conviction being obtained on every case.
The record of sanitary works carried out during the year is of some interest
(Table XXIV.), and shows the provision of new lavatories, water closets,
earth closets, urinals and drainage.
As in former years, it is representative of the general class of sanitary work
which your officers are called upon to supervise, and details of which should
receive the approval of the Port Sanitary Authority.
The question of further powers in relation to this is now under consideration
by the Local Government Board, who have held a public Enquiry into
the matter. Some notes on this Enquiry will be found on page 62.