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Port of London 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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67
CANAL BOATS ACTS.
Section 3 of the Canal Boats Act, 1884, provides that every Sanitary
Authority within whose District any canal or part of a canal is situate, shall
make an annual report to the Local Government Board as to the execution of
the Canal Boats Acts, 1877 and 1884, and of the Regulations made thereunder,
and as to the steps taken by such Authority during the year to give effect to
the provisions of the said Acts and Regulations.
The expression "canal" includes any river, inland navigation, lake, or
water being within the body of a county, whether it is or is not within the ebb
or flow of the tide.
(1.) Each Sanitary Inspector is responsible for the inspection of all canal
boats found within his district.
I append a list of the names of the Sanitary Inspectors, with their
remunerations.
The official address of each Sanitary Inspector is 51, King William Street,
Greenwich, London, S.E.
Inspector Garland 208l. per annum.
Western District.
London Dock.
St. Katharine's Dock.
Regent's Dock.
Surrey Commercial Dock.
Inspector Wetjen 188l. 10s. per annum.
Eastern District.
East India Dock.
Royal Albert Dock.
Royal Victoria Dock.
Inspector Burr 188l. 10s. per annum.
Central District.
West India Dock.
South West India Dock.
Poplar Dock.
Millwall Dock.