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carry out the necessary works, legal proceedings were
resorted to to enforce the Orders of your Sanitary
Committee.
Unsound Food.
Quantities of Fish, Rabbits, Fruit and Vegetables
which were unsound and unfit for the food of man were
brought to the Stone Yard to be destroyed.
Animals Improperly Kept.
During the year complaints were received that a
number of rabbits, fowls and dogs were kept in such place
or manner as to be a nuisance or injurious to health. Upon
notices being served on the Owners the animals were
promptly removed.
Overcrowding.
22 notices were served upon Owners to reduce overcrowding
in rooms.
Most of the cases were discovered from anonymous
communications; overcrowding is very difficult to detect
as it is a common practice among the parents to conceal
from the landlord and the Inspector the number of their
children; overcrowding mostly takes place at night after
the public-houses are closed, it could then often be
discovered by inspection at unusual hours, which for
obvious reasons should if possible be avoided.
Underground Rooms.
10 underground kitchens used as sleeping-rooms were
vacated when orders were served upon owners for their
closure.