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SANITARY NOTICES AND ADMINISTRATION.
During last year 2,729 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 2,412 in
the previous year, and during last year 2,638 notices
were reported as having been complied with, against
2,171 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 3,447 houses and
other premises in the borough, against 3,250 houses
in the previous year.
As a result of his inspection, defects were discovered
in 1,166 houses, and 1,166 Intimation Notices
were served by the House-to-House Inspector. These
cases were subsequently dealt with by the four
District Inspectors.
Five hundred and fifty-seven houses coming
under the provisions of the Bye-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 Bye-laws.
SANITATION OF THE FRANCO-BRITISH
EXHIBITION.
Towards the termination of the year 1907 complaints
were received of nuisances in several parts of
the grounds of the Exhibition, in consequence of the
absence of lavatory accommodation for the workmen