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The reference was made, and in due course the Committee
reported that the proposed alteration in the form would be
lawful. The Committee also prepared a new form of intimation,
the use of which has been attended with advantage. On
this form, and on the statutory notice, a note is printed,
which gives the person liable for the abatement of the nuisance
an opportunity of making what, for convenience, may be
called an " appeal " to the Committee, against the requirements
of the Sanitary Inspector and the Sanitary Committee respectively.
" Appeals," which are very rare, usually take the form
of an application for extension of time for carrying out required
works. Supervision of reconstruction and trapping of drains,
and underground sanitary work generally, is now carried out
by the Surveyor, and information on the subject must be
sought in that officer's report. Many drains were, as usual,
reconstructed by the owners or occupiers of houses, without
the issue of sanitary notices, on the deposit of plans for
approval. Particulars on this head also will be found in the
Surveyor's report.
Legal Proceedings.—In 35 cases proceedings were
taken before the magistrates: in 21 instances for offences
under the byelaws for registered houses, fines to the aggregate
amount of £15 1s. being imposed. In other seven cases the
offence alleged was failure to comply with the requirements of
notices issued by the sanitary authority, fines of ten shillings,
twenty shillings, and six pounds, being imposed in three cases.
In one case a medical man was fined thirty shillings, and in
another case a private person was fined five shillings, for
failure to notify a case of infectious disease. In two cases the
offence was exposureof persons suffering from infectious disease,
fines of forty shillings, and five shillings, being imposed. In
two cases closing orders were made, the defendants being
fined, in each case, twenty shillings, for failure to comply with
the requirements of notices previously issued.
Fines for Offences.—In the seven cases above mentioned,
application was made to the magistrates, upon