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Description of Nuisances dealt with. (Continued.)
Sites of houses concreted to prevent dampness 4
Dirty houses cleansed and whitewashed 42
Accumulations of manure, etc., removed 7
Manure receptacles provided 1
Yards cleansed 3
Nuisances from animals improperly kept abated 3
Miscellaneous nuisances abated 2
Overcrowding of Dwelling Houses.
During the year five houses were found to be
badly overcrowded so as to constitute a nuisance
which would be likely to be injurious to health.
In each case the nuisance was abated on
notice being served.
Dust Receptacles.
Section 36 of the Public Heath Act, 1875,
empowers the Council to call upon owners of
property to provide each house with a sufficient
ashpit of such size, pattern and construction as
they shall approve.
Under this section twenty-nine houses have
been provided with portable galvanised iron dust
bins, where no ashpit previously existed or where
the existing ones were broken or in a bad state of
repair.