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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.
During the year legal proceedings were taken in 243 instances. The
Wards in which the summonses were taken out are shown in the
following Table.
TABLE 33.
WARDS.
Total.
St. Mary's.
St. Paul's.
St. Peter's.
St. John's.
Trinity.
All Saints.
St. Michael's.
St. Juries.
St. Georges.
Christchurch.
St. Saviour's.
No. 1 District.
No. 2 District.
No. 3 District.
Number of
Summonses
taken out
19
20
15
7
38
23
16
7
38
41
2
7
10
243
These summonses were in respect to the following:—
Nuisances 233
Contravention of By-Laws 5
Unsound Food 3
Disobedience of Magistrates' Orders 2
Total 243
In 5 instances the summonses could not be served, owing to wrong
addresses having been given (3 cases), or the defendants having gone
away (2 cases). In 189 instances the summonses were withdrawn, the
several defendants having abated the nuisances complained of. In 13
instances penalties were inflicted. Magistrates' orders for defendants to
comply with the Council's requirements were made in 35 instances, and
1 summons was dismissed.