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show that 1,159 obtained exemption. During the
last six years, from 1905 to 1910 inclusive, the
number of exemptions there have been successively
190, 305, 407, 887, 980, 1,159. In another part
of the country, Paignton returns 77 vaccinations
and 113 exemptions, and very many other
examples can, unfortunately, be adduced.
Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act.
This Act that came into operation during the
year is one of considerable importance. It places
upon your Sanitary Committee and Health
Department duties in connection with house
inspection that will add considerably to their
labours.
No houses were reported to the Committee
during the year under this Act as being in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit
for human habitation, all action in this respect
being deferred until the present year. The
following is an abstract:—
Section 17 (S.S. 1).
It is the duty of every local authority to
cause to be made from time to time inspection
of their district with a view to ascertaining
whether any dwelling-house therein is in a state
so injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation, and for that purpose it shall be the
duty of the local authority, and of every officer
of the local authority, to comply with such
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