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Paragraph 224. It is quite impossible for the Medical Officers of Health to personally inspect all premises concerned in prosecutions for offences against the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance.
The Inspectors report on facts only and on the merits of the case the Medical Officer of Health decides whether it is one for prosecution or not.
In the case of all nuisances legal notices are first served, and then letters are sent before prosecution is instituted.
In the cases of premises unfit for habitation the Medical Officer of Health would not only visit the premises but give evidence in Court, and he does so in other cases.
Paragraph 231.
The recommendation in this paragraph is uncalled for as in the case of nuisances a notice is invariably served.
Paragraph 250. Plague has considerably decreased as the figures in Appendix 'A' shows.
Paragraph 252. As I stated in my evidence the Commissioners do not understand the way the Government controls the expenditure of its Departments. The report of the Local