The graph below shows the number of complaints made about noise to Environmental Health authorities in the city of Newtown between 1980 and 1996. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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in Newtown received by Environmental Health officers in 16 years from 1980 to 1996. The reports are categorized into four sources of disturbance: road works, traffic, factories, and domestic.

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the data, in 1980 the most feedback came based on household noises

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in 1996 it turned and became the least.

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, the ones from both loud sounds from street construction and traffic were significantly rising throughout the period. On the other side,

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regarding noise from industries only went up at the beginning and more or less stayed at the same level towards the end. Starting with

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originating from domestic activities, the number was just above 600 in 1980. It

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steadily decreased to below 200 in 1996, making it the lowest amount recorded. In comparison,

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from factories' noise already outraced the households in only one year, before coming back to the second-highest in 1990 after not changing by more than 200 from that year to the end. In terms of

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about street noises, the ones produced by the constructions were stable until 1984 at around 500. After that, they fell to 400 for the next two years but skyrocketed and hit their peak with more than 1.200

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in 1996.

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, traffic-related

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shared the same trend with the road works until 1988, but the growth was not as much and only reached exactly 600 protests at final.