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Only four cases of overcrowding were discovered
during the year. One was abated after a verbal
notice had been given, one after the service of an
informal notice, one after the service of a formal
notice, and the other after the issue of a summons
which was thereupon withdrawn upon payment of
costs.
The general standard of houses in the district is
good. The principal defects found upon inspection
are ordinary dilapidations, and generally speaking,
owners are willing to remedy same when requested to
do so by the Sanitary Inspector.
If the owners fail to comply with the verbal
notice given or preliminary notice served, a report is
made to the Public Health Committee, who authorise
the service of a statutory notice under the Housing
Act, 1925, or the Public Health Act, 1875. If these
notices are not complied with, the Council either do
the work themselves and recover the cost from the
owner, or take proceedings before the Magistrates as
the case may require.