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One laundry was found to have insufficient water-closet
accommodation, and was also overcrowded.
Six notices were received in accordance with Sec. 26,
Sub-Sec. 2, Factory and Workshops Act, 1891, and Sec. 41,
1895, viz: commencement to use premises as a workshop.
These were inspected, the number of workers, &c. fixed
and particulars entered on the Register.
OTHER NUISANCES.
Accumulation of trade refuse and manure 35
Animals kept uncleanly 5
Overcrowded premises (cases abated) 11
Overflowing cesspool and pollution of stream 1
Removal of house refuse (complaints attended to) 21
Overflow of cesspool disconnected from ditches 2
It was found necessary to take legal proceedings to
abate the nuisance from overflowing cesspool, which was
polluting the stream. The defendant was convicted and fined
20/- and costs.
Very few complaints have been made of offensive smells
from sewer manholes, and wherever such existed the Sanitary
Committee took immediate steps to abate the nuisance.
HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION.
275 Houses were inspected under this head during the
year, to this number 45 must be added, as representing the
number dealt with, these being inspected the end of December
in the previous year, but the notices served and the work
carried out in January of 1898.