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DUSTBINS AND DUST REMOVAL.
The Vestry may require ash-pits or dustbins, furnished with proper doors
and coverings, to be provided (18 % 19 Vic., cap, 120, secs. 81 and 250).
Persons refusing, or not permitting, dirt, ashes, or filth to be taken away
by the scavengers or dustmen, or obstructing the scavengers or dustmen in
the performance of their duty, are liable to a penalty of £5 for each
offence (18 & 19 Vic., cap. 120, sec. 126).
NUISANCES.
The term "Nuisances" iucludes the following:—Premises in such a
state as to be a nuisance, or injurious to health; offensive water-closeta,
drains, ash-pits, &c. ; an animal so kept as to be a nuisance; an offensive
accumulation; a house so overcrowded as to be dangerous, or prejudicial
to the health of the inmates (18 and 19 Vic., cap. 121, sec. 8; 29 & 30
Vict., cap. 90, sec. 19).
In any cases not affected by the Regulations, the general law relating to
the removal of nuisances will apply.
SERVICE OF NOTICES.
Notices to the Vestry may be served personally on the Vestry Clerk, or
left at his office in the Vestry Hall (18 & 19 Vic., cap. 120, sec. 220).
Notices under the Nuisances Removal and Sanitary Acts may bo served
by delivering the same to the persons to whom they are addressed, or at
their residence, or to some person upon the premises to which such notices
relate, or by fixing the notice upon some conspicuous part of such premises
(18 & 19 Vie., cap. 121, sec. 31).
INFORMATION.
Information relating to any of the above-mentioned matters may
obtained on application at the Vestry Hall.
No drainage works or structural alterations, should be commenced until
notice thereof has been given to the Surveyor, or Inspector, as the case
may be.
It may be mentioned that the Vestry have retained under
these regulations, a far larger amount of discretionary control
than many other authorities have done, being of opinion that
those with a local knowledge are best capable of dealing with
cases which cannot be met by inelastic regulations.