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for that purpose. There can be no doubt that the
official influence obtained by the registration oj
premises has a very good effect in improving the
sanitary condition of the dwellings and preventing
overcrowding.
SANITARY NOTICES AND ADMINISTRATION.
During last year 1,984 notices were reported as
having been served by your four District Sanitary
Inspectors and by your house-to-house Inspector,
having for their object the removal or prevention of
nuisances or insanitary conditions, against 2,134 in
the previous year, and during last year 1,850 notices
were reported as having been complied with, against
2,018 in the previous year.
The House-to-House Inspection has been continued
during the year. This Inspector reports that
during the year he has inspected 3,376 houses and
other premises in the borough, against 3,723 houses in
the previous year.
As the result of his inspection defects were discovered
in 698 houses, and 698 Intimation Notices
were served by the House-to-House Inspector. These
cases were subsequently dealt with by the four
District Inspectors.
Two hundred and forty-four houses coming
under the provisions of the By-laws as to "Houses let
in lodgings or occupied by the members of more than
one family" were discovered by this Inspector, and
were subsequently dealt with by the Inspector in
charge of the work under the By-laws.
Your Factory Inspector has during the year served
252 notices under the Factory and Workshop Act, and
during the same period 244 notices have been
complied with. During the previous year there were
245 notices served and 241 complied with.