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The Bye-laws of this Authority, recently revised, are
based on the Model Bye-laws of the Local Government Board
and relate to :—
(1) Cleansing of Earth Privies, Ashpits and Cesspools.
(2) For the prevention of Nuisances arising from snow,
filth, dust, ashes and rubbish, and for the prevention
of the keeping of animals on any premises so as to be
injurious to health.
(3) Common Lodging-houses.
(4) New Streets and Buildings.
(5) Slaughterhouses.
(6) Houses let in Lodgings or occupied by members of
more than one family; a register of which is now kept.
(7) Removal of Offensive Matter or House Refuse.
(8) Keeping of Animals.
(9) Public Baths and Wash-houses.
(10) Open Spaces.
(11) Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc.
(12) Regulations as to Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk Shops.
REPORT OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR.
INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT.
Inspection of the District has been carried out during the
year, both systematically and at certain intervals as occasion
required, in order to comply with the general Orders of the
Ministry of Health, the Public Health Acts, and Housing
(Inspection of the District) Regulations, 1910, and all
necessary steps have been taken to secure the abatement of
any nuisance found to exist. In all, 4,385 visits to houses and
premises have been paid during the year. This figure includes
houses from which complaints of nuisance have been received,
and in which cases of infectious disease have occurred, visits to
works in progress, inspection of houses under the Housing
(Inspection of the District) Regulations, 1910, Dairies, Cowsheds,
Milkshops, Food Shops, Sale of Food and Drugs Acts,
Bakehouses, Slaughterhouses, Piggeries, Bedding Stores,
Petroleum and Carbide, Canal Boats, Factories subject to
Notice by H.M.I., Workshops, Workplaces, Outworkers, after
Infectious Disease, and the Early Closing Regulations.