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COMPLAINTS.
The complaints received were as follows:—
Choked drains 84
Sewage smells pervading the neighbourhood 18
Accumulations of refuse and manure 22
Animals improperly kept 10
Smoke nuisances 8
No water supply 7
No water to W.C.'s 2
Houses being dirty and insanitary 9
Decomposing bodies of animals 4
Flooding of premises 4
Gipsies 2
Streams being obstructed 2
Overcrowding 1
Sundry 4
Total 177
All of these were investigated at once, and accordingly
dealt with as necessity demanded.
GIPSIES AND TENT DWELLERS.
Very little trouble was given by these people during the
past year The annoyance caused by them formerly, must,
I think, diminish as the laud becomes built over. However,
the system adopted of caliing upon the Police for assistance
in order to prevent a breach of the peace, and going to the
encampment with some men and a chain-horse to draw the