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Repairs to staircases 16
Rainwater gullies repaired 9
Smoke nuisances abated 15
Repairs to doors 53
Repairs to sinks 2
Drains tested 98
Repairs to internal plaster 289
Grid and mica flaps provided 22
Drain inspection chamber covers provided 15
Sinks and handbasins provided or renewed 12
External brickwork (repaired, pointed or rendered) 48
W.c. pans and traps provided 81
All ponds and ditches in the Borough where mosquito breeding
was possible were sprayed with insecticide twice during the
year. Twenty-six visits were paid for this purpose.
Legal Proceedings.—Thirteen applications were made to the
Justices for Nuisance Orders against property owners under
Section 94, Public Health Act, 1936. The results were as
follows: —
Ten summonses were adjourned sine die on reports to Justices
that works were in progress.
Two summonses were dismissed with costs, as works were
completed before the hearing of the summonses.
One order was made by the Justices with costs.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.—Proceedings were taken against
a firm of milk retailers on three occasions for using dirty milk
bottles. The retailer was fined £5 5s. with £2 2s. costs; £20 with
£2 2s. costs, and £50 with £5 5s. costs.
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act, 1928.—Eighty-three licences
to store petroleum and cellulose solutions were granted, totalling
152,840 gallons. Three licences were also issued for 5,336 lbs. of
carbide of calcium to be stored.
Unsound Food Dealt With.
Beef 1246f lbs. Margarine 278 lbs
Fish734 ,, Corned Beef 144 „
Cheese 56 „ Corned Mutton,,, 24 „