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when other available means of locomotion could not have
been used. The additional inspectorial assistance which
your Public Health Committee were considering at the end
of the year gives promise of relief in the pressure of work,
and I gratefully acknowledge the sympathetic consideration
given to the question by the Committee.
A large number of interviews with property owners
or their architects, agents, or builders, took place either at
the office or the premises under review. It is safe to assert
that in the great majority of cases these interviews proved
the means of clearing away any difficulties or misunderstanding
which may have existed, and certainly avoided the
need for legal proceedings in some cases.
Legal Proceedings to enforce compliance with notices
served were necessary in one case only during 1929. In
the case in question the owner was summoned for failing
to abate a nuisance within the meaning of Section 91, Public
Health Act, 1875. An Order was made for the necessary
remedial works to be carried out forthwith. The Order was
complied with.
During the year under review 321 enquiries under the
Land Charges Act, 1925, were received from the Town
Clerk's Department and replied to.
For convenience of reference the number of inspections
and visits is set out in the following tabular form.