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noise, but as the premises are due for demolition in the near future it was considered
that the high cost of sound-proofing the building was not warranted.
Ice-Cream Vendors.
Three successful prosecutions were taken against mobile ice-cream vendors for
sounding a "loudspeaker" (chimes) after 7.0 p.m.
Dwellinghouses.
"Tenants noisy at night"
The Public Health Inspector interviewed the tenants complained of and this
apparently resulted in an improvement as no further complaints were received.
Such nuisances are, however, in my opinion best left to be dealt with by private
action. It is not sound practice to utilise the services of a professional
officer for some hours every evening for, perhaps, weeks on end to hang around
trying to obtain evidence of a nuisance which only affects very few people. The
Noise abatement Act provides that three occupiers of land or premises who are
aggrieved by a nuisance may take similar action under the Act to that open to a
local authority, and I consider that private complaints of this kind are best left
to the complainants who can collect the necessary evidence and proceed privately
for a remedy.
One tenant of a house deliberately making noise to annoy another.
In this case the complainant was advised to consult her own solicitor who
would, no doubt, if he considered it necessary, apply for an injunction to restrain
the other tenant from causing a nuisance.
A number of complaints of noisy animals and radios at privpte premises were
referred to the Town Clerk for action under the Council's Good Rule and Government
Byelaws.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS
Foot and Mouth Disease
Swine Fever
No outbreaks of these diseases in or near the Borough during the year so that
it did not become necessary at any time to place restrictions on the movement of
animals.
FOWL PEST
Fowl Pest was discovered at two premises at Mill Hill early in the year.
Some 210 fowls were destroyed, the poultry houses and runs cleansed and disinfected,
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