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inspections of houses and premises with a view to
discover and rectify defects in sanitary arrangements, &c.
In the previous year there were a like number of such
inspections, but this number, nevertheless, resulted in 8
cases being litigated in that year at the Police Court of
the district. In the past year the magistrates were not
called upon to make an order for compulsory works in any
one instance. The 33,102 feet of new sewers and branch
drains constructed in 1872, and referred to in the table of
that year, were added to by nearly 4,000 feet of the same
work executed in the past year. The removal of pig
nuisances were not nearly so numerous as in the previous
year. The number of these nuisances complained of and
removed in 1872 was 51 ; in the past year there were but
two such. The accumulation of manure, offal, and other
offensive matter necessitated the interference of the
Surveyor and Inspector in as many as 82 instances in the
previous year, but 1873 passed over with only one such
interference in respect to such accumulations. This I
think speaks much for the exertions of both the above
named officers, and for the good judgment displayed by
them in so performing their duties as to cause such a small
amount of resistance to the orders and requirements of
the Board.