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PROCEEDINGS UNDER NUISANCE REMOVAL ACT.
From March 25th, 1857, to March 25th, 1858.
1 Total number of Complaints 368
2 Number of Notices served 344
3 Summonses heard at Police Court 51
4 Magistrates' Orders made 31
5 Notices served for Licensing Slaughter Houses 47
6 Cesspools Emptied and Abolished 53
7 Cesspools Emptied only 5
8 Privies Panned Trapped 102
9 Water laid on to Privies 93
10 New Cisterns or Butts erected 29
11 Privies Cleansed 17
12 New Privies Erected 74
13 Privies Cleansed and Whitewashed 27
14 New Pipe Drains laid down to Sewer 30
15 Drains Cleansed 22
16 Drains Repaired 27
17 New Traps put to Drains 26
18 Large Accumulations of Manure and Stagnant Tools Removed 54
19 New Dung Pits Erected 3
20 Unnecessary Complaints 23
21 Referred to the Surveyor 4
22 Ventilation of Houses Improved 5
23 Slaughter Houses Improved and made proper 17
24 Secure of Unwholesome Food 1
GILES LOVETT,.
Inspector.
In addition to these, some hundreds of manure heaps and other
nuisances have been removed, and many rooms and houses have been
cleansed and whitewashed without the necessity of issuing any
notice, as the necessary works were performed after representing the
matter to the owner, either personally or by letter; they were consequently
not entered in the report book, as no legal measures were
required to be taken. Of the 51 cases in which Summonses were
obliged to be taken out at the Police Court, 3 were withdrawn, as
the ownership of the premises was doubtful.
In one case a man was imprisoned for 3 weeks for selling food
unfit for human consumption; in another, was fined £5 for slaughtering
without license.
In ten cases the works were performed after the Summonses had
been taken out, but before hearing; and in all the rest, the necessary
works have been satisfactorily carried out.
The total number of houses examined has been over 2,000, and
many of these had to be visited several times.