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103
These complaints were dealt with by the service of 240
informal notices and 41 statutory notices.
Offensive Trades.
The only offensive trades carried on in the Borough are that
of Fur Skin Dressing and Poultry Slaughtering.
These arc controlled under Special bye-laws. They number
at present 19 (Fur Skin Dressers 16, Poultry Slaughterers 3).
68 inspections were made during the year.
There were no contraventions of the bye-laws.
(b) Infectious Diseases.—The occupied dwellings inspected
during the year after infectious disease numbered 1,293. This
is an increase of 151 upon the number inspected during 1924.
Any nuisances or sanitary defects found were dealt with under
the provisions of the above Act.
(c) Housing and Town Planning Regulations.—A systematic
inspection is being made and an accurate card indexed record
compiled of the housing conditions of the Borough. The number
of houses Inspected under these regulations during the year was
1,320.
(d) Inspections.—The number of inspections, other than
those arising on complaint, made by the Inspectors during the
year was 8,634. These inspections are in addition to those made
under (a), (b) and (c). The nuisances or sanitary defects found
were dealt with in the same manner as those under (a), (b) and (c).
Nuisances or defects found on inspection were remedied in
most cases on service of an intimation notice only. The total
number of such notices served during 1925 was 5,822. The
number of statutory notices served was 1,580; and summonses
were issued in 51 cases.