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making a gross total of house inspections for the year of 2,486,
which gives a percentage of 20.5 of the total number of houses in
the District. There will be found in the statement of the Report
of the Inspector of Nuisances required to be included by Article 20
(16) of the General Order of the Local Government Board, minute
details of the defects found on inspection of the dwellings, all of
which have been remedied during the year.
NUISANCES, ETC.
It will be seen from the particulars given in the Sanitary
Inspector's Report that a large amount of work has been carried
out during the year in securing the removal of nuisances and the
improvement of sanitary conditions of the dwellings, which must
tend not only to the benefit of the district, but to the happiness and
well-being of the inhabitants.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
The information under this heading is set out on pages 29, 30
and 31 of the Inspector of Nuisances Report, where full details as
to the administration of the Acts are given, and the necessary forms
have been filled in and will be sent with my Report to the Home
Office, Whitehall.
ADOPTIVE ACTS.
There are no local Acts. The following are the Adoptive Acts
in force in the District:—
Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1890. Came into force
February 1st, 1891.
Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890. Came into force
February ist, 1891.
Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1907. The following
Sections came into force on July 27th, 1909:—