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were Statutory Notices and were served at the instance of
the Sanitary Authority. The remaining eight hundred and
twenty-two were Preliminary Notices respecting defects
and other matters which were complied with before the
ensuing Sanitary Committee Meeting, thereby obviating the
necessity for further steps.
Every effort has been made to procure the abatement of
nuisances, the remedying of breaches of Bve-laws, insanitary
conditions, etc., by means of intimations or letters sent to
the owner, agent or person concerned, or by interview. All
possible information is at all times afforded by the Department,
and it is pleasing to report that, speaking generally,
owners of property carry out the requirements made without
friction.
Resort to legal proceedings is seldom necessary, and
when taken it is because all efforts at persuasion and
reasoning have failed.
The inspection of house drains and sanitary fittings,
either in the course of house-to-house inspection or after the
occurrence of infectious disease, or on complaint, usually
occupies the major portion of the Inspector's time.
A summary giving some details of the sanitary work
carried out and nuisances abated during the year will be
found in appendix table VI.
House Drainage.-The drainage systems at 92 houses
have been entirely reconstructed and alterations and repairs,
in many instances of an extensive nature, have been carried
out at 52 other houses.
In every case where the drains have been relaid a plan
has been prepared showing the work as completed, and this
is filed for future reference.
The following groups of houses were redrained during
the year:-
* 27 and 29. Hartfield Crescent—2 houses.
1 and 2. Railway Villas
5 houses.
1, 2 and 3, Ranway Cottages
106 and 110, Palmerston Road
and Stables at rear
5 houses.
83, 85 and 87 Russell Road. - 3 houses.
1-6, Granville Road -6 houses.
36, 37, 39 and 40, Quicks Road- 4 houses.
23, 25 and 27, Russell Road—3 houses.
120-126, Graham Road—4 houses.
* 68-80, Pelham Road—7 houses.
105-113, Russell Road 5 houses.
Of the houses re-drained during the year forty-four
were included in combined systems.
* The main drain reconstructed by the Corporation at the cost of the owners
they having made default by non-compliance with the notices served upon them.
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