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Public Health Acts
Statutory notices served - 48
Statutory notices complied
(a) By owners 52
(b) By local-authority in default of
owners -
Prosecutions
During the year a summons was applied for in three
instances in respect of non-compliance with abatement notices
issued under Section 93 of the Public Health Act, 1936. The
result was as follows
Case 1. Fine of £5 (or 1 month's imprisonment in default")
imposed, Order made for abatement of nuisance within
one month -
Cases 2. Fine of £1 imposed. Order made for
abatement of
nuisance within one month.
Case 5. Case adjourned and subsequently withdrawn - work
Having been carried out.
Summary of visits and inspections
Visits to premises after complaint - 1376
Visits to properties under notice
and work in progress - 4184
Total visits and inspections - 15476
Summary of works executed in consequence' of visits
Drains unstopped and repaired - 55
Complete drainage reconstructions - 1
Water supply cisterns repaired 8
Gutters repaired - 82
Roofs repaired - 235
W.C. apartments repaired or rebuilt- 6
W.Cs. repaired - 39
Dustbins provided - 35
Damp walls remedied - 49
Ventilation provided 3
Rooms stripped and cleansed - 48
Offensive accumulations removed - 10
Other works carried out - 600
Overcrowding. Housing Act, 1936.
During the year the known cases of overcrowding on
the Register of the Department were again reviewed ,with
the following result
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded
at the end of the year - 29
(ii) Number of families dwelling.
therein - 31
(iii) Number of persons dwelling there in 202½
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding
reported during the year - 14
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding
relieved during the year - 44
(ii) Number of persons concerned In
such cases - 299
SMOKE ABATEMENT
It was not necessary to take any formal action during
the year regarding excessive omission of smoke.
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