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Nuisances, Contraventions of Bye-laws, Defective Drainage, etc.
The number of premises on which nuisances were outstanding
at the end of 1922 was 589. To these another 740 premises
whereat nuisances were recorded in 1923 were added, giving a
total of 1,329 premises. Of these S32 had the nuisances remedied,
leaving 497 premises at which nuisances still existed at the end
of the year.
During the year, nuisances at 67 houses were reported to the
Health Committee, which added to the 27 brought forward from
1922, make a total of 91. Before asking authority to serve
statutory notices, the premises are inspected by the Medical Officer
of Health and Sanitary Inspector. Statutory notices were
authorised and served in most of these cases, and by the end of
the year, the nuisances were remedied in 48 of the houses, leaving
46 cases to be carried forward in 1924.

It is my duty once more to point out that the staff of
Sanitary Inspectors is inadequate.
It must be placed on record that twice during 1920, recommendations
urging the appointment of a District Sanitary Inspector
to fill the existing vacancy, were sent forward by the Health
Committee to the Council, but were defeated.
Premises and Occupations controlled by Bye-laws or
Regulations.
There are 408 known places in this district which call for
periodical inspection as follows:—