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SANITARY INSPECTION.
During the year the district Sanitary Inspectors, inspected
5,531 premises, necessitating 17,224 subsequent visits
to examine works ordered to be earried out to remedy the
nuisances discovered. The details are set out in Table 25.
THE HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, &c. ACT, 1909.
Sections 15 and 17 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act
Section 15 of the Act provides for the keeping of houses
let to persons of the working class in all respects in a fit state
for habitation, where any house or part of a house is let at a
rental not exceeding £40 per annum, and for a term of less
than three years.
Authority is given for entry at all reasonable times of
the day by any persons authorised in writing by the Local
Authority, on 24 hours written notice being given to the tenant.
The Local Authority are authorised to require the landlord
to execute the necessary works within 31 days by notice.
If the landlord fails to comply with the notice within the
time specified, the Local Authority may enter and do the work,
and recover the expenses from tbe landlord.
The landlord may appeal to the Local Government
Board against the notice of the Local Authority or their
demand for expenses in carrying out the work.
Section 17 imposes upon the Local Authority the duty
of causing to be made from time an inspection of their district
with a view of ascertaining whether any house is in such a
state as to be unfit for habitation, and specifies the procedure
for closing houses unfit for habitation.
Taking these Sections into consideration, together with
the Circular letter issued by the Local Government Board with