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Where a nuisance is found, the procedure is to call the
attention of the owner or occupier (as the case may be) to
the fact by letter or preliminary notice. If the requirements
to abate the nuisance are not carried out, the matter is
reported to the Public Health Committee, and they then
recommend to the Council that notice be served in accordance
with the Statute. If this notice is not complied with
within a reasonable time, legal proceedings can then be
taken if the Council so decide. In no case was it found
necessary to institute legal proceedings in connection with
any notices served during the year. I find most owners
of property willing to carry out any reasonable requirements
that we may ask of them, but of course occasionally there
are some that give a great deal of trouble, and have to be
continually reminded of what they have been asked to do.