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general powers) any action that may appear to him to be necessary
in the interests of public health." Nine copies of licences for such
removals were received from the Home Office during the year.
The exhumations were carried out in the early hours of the
morning and were visited when necessary by one of the sanitary
inspectors, in order to ascertain that the conditions of the licences
were complied with.
Legal Proceedings
Legal proceedings were taken in the following instances:—
A firm of bakers was summoned with regard to dirt found in a
loaf of bread. This summons was dismissed, but a summons against
the manufacturers of the loaf resulted in a fine of £5 0s. 0d. being
imposed, and an order to pay £3 3s. 0d. costs.
The owner of some houses appealed in the County Court against
notices served upon him by the Council to carry out repairs under
the Housing Acts, 1936-1954. The appeal was lost, and particulars
of the case appear on page 28.
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