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required in inducing those responsible for the evil to take measures to relieve
their neighbours of the annoyance.
Cases of this kind that have occurred during the year may be classified as
under, and in most instances they have been satisfactorily dealt with:—
(1) Annoyance from ordinary chimney built at a lower level than the
complainant's windows.
(2) Annoyance from smell of burning and cooking from eating-houses
(3) Annoyance from deposit of grit from furnace chimney.
(4) Deterioration of records and papers from products of combustion,
&c.
In one case a recurring nuisance was caused through several flues at a large
block of offices catching fire from time to time. The owners of the premises
were ignorant of the cause, which, upon investigation, was ascertained to be,
in a great measure, due to faulty chimney construction.
All places where steam engines are installed, and all restaurants and diningrooms,
are kept under observation, and in almost every case where they create
nuisance, it has been found to be due either to use of unsuitable fuel,
improperly constructed grates or careless firing—even in those places where
suitable coal and efficient furnaces are employed.