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In the 10 instances of legal proceedings the cases were:—
(1) Dirty state of restaurant kitchen. Abatement order 14 days and
£1 1s. costs.
(2) Dirty and defective state of house. Abatement Order 14 days and
£2 2s. costs.
(3) Dirty and defective state of house. Summons withdrawn on
payment of £2 2s. costs.
(4) Damp state of part of house. Summons withdrawn on payment
of £2 2s. costs.
(5) Dirty and defective state of house. Abatement Order 14 days
and 10s. costs.
(6) Damp state of part of house. Summons withdrawn on payment
of £1 1s. costs.
(7) Dirty state of house. Abatement Order 14 dayB.
(8) Failure to provide proper separate sanitary accommodation for
sexes employed in workshop premises. Fined 20s. and 30s. costs.
(9) Dirty state of workshop premises. Summons dismissed. The
defendant called witnesses who gave evidence to the effect
that the work had been completed before the issue of the
summons, and although the evidence of the Sanitary Inspector
was in direct opposition to that of the defendant, the Magistrate
dismissed the summons.
(10) Occupation of a room unfit for human habitation. Closing Order
and £2 2s. costs against the occupier, who was subsequently
fined £10 10s. and £2 2s costs for failing to comply with the
Order. In this case a man was found to be occupying for
living and sleeping purposes a room adjoining a fried-fish
shop, from which it was separated only by a defective wood
and glass partition. The room was in a dirty and damp state
and was filled with boxes and baskets containing fruit and
vegetables which the occupier sold from a street stall. The
room was eventually vacated.
Rat Repression.—Thirty-three complaints of rats were received and
in each case an inspector investigated as to the cause of the complaint.
In 12 instances it was found that they had entered through faulty or
defective drains and sewers. Forty-three connections were examined by
the City Engineer's staff at the request of the Public Health Department.
During rat week, beginning in November, a special circular
dealing with the causes of rat invasion and the means of getting rid of
rats was distributed to householders and to business firms. During that
week 10,000 baits were laid in the Council's sewers.