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The following is a summary of these cases:—
Case No. Result.
1. Nuisance Order made to do work in 56 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
2. (a) Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
(b) Non-compliance with Nuisance Order. Fined £2 Os. Od. and £1 9s. 6d.
costs.
3 & 4. Nuisance Orders made to do work in 28 days and pay £2 8s. 6d. costs.
5. (a) Nuisance Order made to do work in 42 days and pay Court costs.
(b) Non-compliance with Nuisance Order. Fined £3 Os. Od. and £1 9s. 6d.
costs. The Council did work in default.
6. (a) Nuisance Order made to do work in 42 days and pay Court costs.
(b) Non-compliance with Nuisance Order. Fined £5 Os. Od. and £1 9s. 6d.
costs.
(c) Owner appealed against conviction to West Kent Quarter Sessions
on 13th February, 1948, when appeal was dismissed and he was
ordered to pay £21 Os. Od. costs. The Council did work in default.
7. Nuisance Order made to do work in 42 days and pay Court costs.
8. Summons withdrawn on payment of Court costs, the work having
been done before the adjourned hearing of case.
9. Nuisance Order made to do work in 28 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
10. Nuisance Order made to do work in 56 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
11. Nuisance Order made to do work in 14 days. Fined £5 Os. Od. and
£1 9s. 6d. costs. Nuisance Order not obeyed and Council did
work in default.
12. Nuisance Order made to do work in 21 days. Fined £2 Os. Od. and
£1 9s. 6d. costs.
13. Nuisance Order made to do work in 42 days and pay £1 9s. 6d. costs.
14. 15 & 16. Hearing adjourned until 6th January, 1948.
In addition to verbal intimation of defects found in premises, 1,110 written
informal notices and 59 statutory notices were served under the Public Health
Act, 1936.
One thousand and fifty-one intimation notices and 51 statutory notices were
complied with.
The Local Authority carried out, in default of the owners, the works required
by two statutory notices served under Section 39, three under Section 75 and three
under Section 93 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
The Council also did the work required by 6 notices served under Section 24
of the Public Health Act, 1936, respecting defective public sewers at 10 premises.
The drainage systems of 43 premises were partially relaid and 81 cleared of
obstructions.
The year was a very busy one for your Inspectors and it was not possible
to give the desired attention to all the matters coming within the scope of a Sanitary
Inspector's multifarious duties. At the end of the year, it was decided to appoint
an additional Inspector.