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At 72 per cent. of the premises inspected, various works of
sanitary amendment were required to be executed, to put the
houses into a sanitary condition.
There have been 5,090 nuisances discovered in the course of
the inspections made, the nature of which manifest the need of the
house-to-house inspections which have been systematically carried
out in many parts of the District.
Two thousand one hundred and fifty written Preliminary
Notices were served, and in cases where the provisions were not
complied with, the serving of 62 Statutory Notices was necessary.
In three cases legal proceedings were instituted and Magistrates'
Orders obtained; but this course is seldom found necessary, as
the persons on whom Notices are served know, (some of them
from experience) that it is to their advantage to comply with the
provisions therein contained.
It will be noticed that the nuisances discovered are in excess
of the Notices served; this is owing to the fact that one Notice
will call for the abatement of several nuisances, and in many
instances personal interviews were obtained and the required
works executed by the respective persons liable.