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During the year, as a result of action taken there were supplied
189 new ashbins.
Sanitary Inspection of District.
See pages 41 to 48.
Nuisances, Contraventions of Bye-Laws, Defective Drainage, etc.
The number of premises on which nuisances were outstanding
at the end of 1929 was 509. To these another 902 premises whereat
nuisances were recorded in 1930 were added, giving a total of
1411 premises. Of these 977 had the nuisances remedied, leaving
434 premises at which nuisances still existed at the ,end of the year.
During the year, nuisances at 94 houses were reported to the
Health Committee, which, added to the 60 brought forward from
1929, made a total of 154. Before asking the authority to serve
statutory notices, the premises are inspected by the Medical Officer
of Health. Statutory notices were authorised and served in most
of these cases, and by the end of the year, the nuisances were
remedied in 101 of the houses. In 8 cases it was decided to take
no further action, leaving 45 cases to be carried forward to 1931.