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Sanitary Work.
Table 6, Appendix, contains a summary of the work
carried out by Inspectors Bond and Robinson under the
provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1890, and
the Factory and Workshop Acts, 1878 to 1891.
Sect. 1.—Inspection of District.
A total of 11,209 visits and inspections were made by
the Sanitary Inspectors during the year, who served 1,166
orders for the abatement of various nuisances and the sanitary
amendments of houses and premises.
Sect. 2 (c).—Animals kept so as to be a Nuisance.
A number of rabbits, fowls, and a goat were found to be
kept improperly. In every instance, upon orders being
made upon the owners, they were promptly removed from
the premises complained of.
Sect. 2 (e).—Overcrowding.
15 notices were served upon owners to reduce overcrowding
in their rooms.
Sect. 2 (g) and Sect. 38.—Factories, Workshops, and
Workplaces.
Ill Workshops which are not Factories subject to the
provisions of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, were
inspected, and, where found necessary, orders were made
upon the owners to carry out works for their improvement.
Sect. 5.—Proceedings at Police Court.
30 Summonses were issued against owners who failed to
carry out the statutory notices ordered by your Board.
In every instance the Magistrates made a summary order
for the abatement of the nuisances.