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45 notices were served for the abatement of smoke nuisances.
381 visits were made to bakehouses, and each bakehouse was cleansed twice
during the year.
4,224 notices were served to have houses cleansed, and one owner was summoned.
The magistrate made an order to abate with £1 6s. costs. Water supply was reinstated
to 91 houses.
366 sink, bath or rain-water pipes, which were communicating directly with
the drain, were disconnected. One owner was fined £1 and 23s. costs for improperly
fixing a sink waste pipe.
6,656 miscellaneous repairs to roofs, floors, gutters, &c., were made as the result
of notices served. Police-court proceedings were taken against the owners of six
premises for failing to remedy the defective condition of the roofs. Orders were
made to remedy the defects in seven days, with costs amounting to £11 9s.
135 rooms were provided with additional light and ventilation and the damp
walls of 603 rooms were remedied. Police Court proceedings were taken against
two owners. The magistrate made an order to abate, with £1 6s. costs in each case.
The nuisance due to the keeping of too many animals in back yards was abated
on 87 premises.
Proceedings were taken against 10 persons for conveying offensive matter
through the streets during prohibited hours or in improper receptacles. Convictions
were obtained in every case, the total fines and costs obtained amounting to £16 13s.
15,201 inspections were specially made for the purpose of detecling overcrowding
; 322 living rooms were found to be overcrowded. Intimation notices
were served in every instance, followed by 110 statutory notices where the nuisance
was not abated as a result of serving the intimation notice. Police Court proceedings
were necessary in one case only. The defendant had removed before the day of
hearing and the summons was withdrawn.
Overcrowding.