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PREVENTION OF DAMPNESS.
Roofs, rain-water pipes and gutters repaired 143
Wash-houses paved H
Water fittings, etc., repaired 35
New sinks provided and sink waste pipes repaired 32
Ventilation under floors and new damp-courses 3
224
Yards paved and repaired 37
281
ICE CREAM VENDORS.
The premises where this commodity is manufactured were each inspected
twice during the year, and found clean. Four defects were found
and remedied. There are 36 persons on the register ; 30 shops, 3 persons make
it in private houses and sell it in the streets, and in three cases the ice
cream is manufactured outside the district and brought here to be sold.
CANAL BOATS ACT.
During the year I inspected thirty-three boats and found four contraventions,
all of which were remedied.
The contraventions were as follows :—
One cabin - top defective.
Two cabins dirty.
One, no certificate produced.
The canal is situated practically on the outskirts of the district, and
away from any populous part, consequently the inspection takes up much
more time than would otherwise be the case if the canal passed through the
centre of the town.
GIPSIES.
During the year there were 668 seen and removed, and 118 notices
served. On several occasions their vans were removed by the Council's horses.
There were seven summoned, and in each case the full penalty of £5 and
costs was imposed, but, as usual, they cleared off, did not pay the fine and,
in some cases, subsequently returned again under assumed names. There