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For the purpose of abating nuisances or executing repairs
to houses, the following notices were served:—
Preliminary 228
Abatement 128
Informal (dustbin only) 227
Formal (dustbin only) 59
It was necessary to apply to the Court for Nuisance Orders
in twenty instances. These referred to the following:—
Public Health Act, 1936.
Section 92 (a) Premises in such a state as to
be a nuisance.
Nuisance orders made 8
Applications withdrawn, work having
been completed before hearing 1
Applications withdrawn after adjournment,
work having been carried out
in the meantime 10
Application adjourned and outstanding
at end of year 1
Forty-seven dustbins were supplied to houses and charged
to owners. These were mostly cases where owners had
defaulted in complying with notices served under Section 75,
Public Health Act, 1936.
In one instance, at the request of the owner, the works
necessary to be done under notice were carried out by a
builder under my instructions and the cost recovered by
monthly payments.
A large number of visits to houses were made prior to the
issue of letters to enable builders to obtain permits for timber
to repair floors, etc. These had subsequently to be revisited
for the purpose of checking whether the repairs had in fact
been done.