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Intimation Notices with regard to drains to the number of 286 have been
served. In 195 instances the necessary works were only carried out after a
Statutory Notice was sent, and summonses to enforce compliance were issued in
9 cases. Proceedings were instituted in one case for infraction of the By-laws,
as follows:—
Offence.
Improperly constructing a sink and bath
waste pipe on the 3rd floor at No.
54, Bryanston Street without giving notice.
Result.
Summons withdrawn, plans
having been deposited, and the
work amended so as to comply
with the By-laws.
Combined Drainage.
Orders under seal as to combined drainage were granted by the Council
to the number of 23. In 6 cases no record of a combination of the drains of
two or more premises being in the possession of the Council, so much of the
work as devolved upon the Council was carried out by the Borough Surveyor
at their expense.
The whole of the necessary drainage work was carried out by the Council
in one instance, in order that a serious nuisance might not be allowed to exist,
pending the settlement of a dispute as to whether or not the drain found to be
defective was combined. This question will be decided at the time action is
taken by the Council for the recovery of the cost of the works done.
BLACK SMOKE NUISANCES.
The plan of giving each of the four district inspectors, the outdoor superintendent,
and the dust inspector, at the beginning of each week, a list of
premises other than dwelling houses, the chimneys of which were to be observed
during the week, was continued. In all 1,207 observations were made, and 29
nuisances were discovered. Following the discovery of the nuisance a letter
calling attention to its existence was sent to the occupier, and the inspector's
report and any reply received from the occupier, were considered by the Public
Health Committee. Statutory Notices were served with respect to 18 of the
cases, and prosecutions instituted in 2. As shown in the list of prosecutions on
page 57, one of the defendants was fined £3 and £1. 3s. costs, a prohibition
order also being granted; the other defendant was fined 1/-and 2/-costs, the
magistrate refusing to make an order.