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(k) Removal of bilge water. There were no infringements under this
heading.
(l) One case of infectious disease (Enteric Fever) was notified, but subsequently
the case was reported not to have been Enteric Fever or any other
notifiable disease.
(m) No difficulty was experienced with regard to the admittance of the
Inspector.
(4) Legal proceedings were not found necessary in any instance.
(6) Only one case of Infectious Disease was notified as having occurred on
a canal boat.
The canal boat "Ada," of Berkhampstead, No. 404, left Berkhampstead on
the 24th June and arrived in London on the 26th. The patient, a daughter
of the master, had been living on the canal boat for some time, and first
complained of feeling unwell on the 29th June. She was seen by a doctor
on the following day and f ound to be suffering from a severe cold. The
parents, not being satisfied with the diagnosis, took the child to a hospital,
from which the case was notified as one of Enteric Fever. The patient was
removed to a hospital of the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the 1st July.
The canal boat and effects belonging to the occupants were thoroughly
fumigated, and the cabin occupied afterwards washed down with a solution of
corrosive sublimate.
On the 17th July, the superintendent of the hospital to which the patient
had been removed reported that the patient was not suffering from Enteric
Fever or any other notifiable disease.
(7) It was not found necessary to detain any boats for cleansing and
disinfection.
(8) The number of boats on the Register to 31st December, 1908, was 281.
With regard to the boats remaining on the Register of the Authority, it
was ascertained during the year that 208 boats had not been inspected for
several years. Letters were therefore sent to the various registered owners
asking for information with regard to the boats, with the following result:—
32 boats were reported as still employed as canal boats.
52 „ ,, „ to be now used as ordinary lighters and nonresident.
23 „ „ „ as broken up.
17 „ ,, „ as sold.
1 boat was reported as totally lost.
1 „ ,, ,, as sold and used as a "dummy."
1 „ „ „ as sunk in the river and used as a pool for soaking
timber.
1 „ „ „ as not at work—" for sale."
2 boats were reported as "have been idle for three years."