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"thereof," also to enforce the "Smoke Act." The
maimer in which this section has been carried out, has
already been referred to, and I trust, that the health of
the inhabitants of the district, will be improved to
an extent corresponding with the sanitary exertions
which have been made. The number of nuisances
discovered on inspection in each month was as follows:
in August 1866, 816; in September, 383; in October,
370; in November, 507; in December, 812; in January
1867, 547; in February, 334; and in March, 516.
During the corresponding period of 1865-66, the totals
were as follows: in August, 1865, 97; in September,
208; in October, 89; in November, 102; in December,
98; in January, 1866, 71; in February, 90; and in
March, 124, making a total of 879 under the old
arrangement, against 4,285 under the new. I think
these figures shew incontestably the necessity for a
house to house inspection, such as has been carried
out.
The next section, the 21st, is one of very considerable
importance, as it defines anew, the parties on whom
notices shall be served under the Nuisances Removal
Acts, and is therefore the section which must be referred
to in taking proceedings, instead of the 12th section of
the old Act. It also gives very considerably increased
power, as it states that "where the nuisance arises
"from the want or defective construction of any struc"tural
convenience," notice shall be served on the
owner. It also provides, that where the person causing