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in appointing a female inspector has been amply justified by the
results. Miss Teebay has made no less than 1,042 inspections and
371 re-inspections, and abated 85 nuisances. Other details of her
work will be found in her report.
CANAL BOATS ACTS, 1877-1894.
During the year ending December 31st, 1898, the number of
inspections and re-inspections of canal boats increased upon the
number for 1897. While in the latter only 43 were inspected, in the
former the number reached 69. These inspections involved 70 visits
to the River Lea. The inspections revealed 8 infringements of the
Acts, viz.:—
1. One certificate did not identify owner.
2. One boat was charged with bilge water.
3. One boat was dilapidated.
4. One boat was dirty.
5 Three boats had no certificates on board.
Legal proceedings were instituted against one owner of a boat
during the year. The following are the details:—
Boat.
"John & William."
Owner.
Susannah Key.
Contravention.
Name and number
of boat illegible.
Certificate did not
identify the owner.
Result.
Fined 1/- and 2/costs.
In appendix is given the full report of the Inspectors,
TEMPORARY SHELTER—PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON)
ACT, 1891, Sec. 60 (4).
The need for this shelter becomes greater every year, owing to
the increasing population and density of the district. It is most
pressing where families are lodged in one or two rooms. The
census of 1891 showed that there were 4,715 one-roomed tenements,
and 6,722 two-roomed tenements in Hackney. Since that date
these have considerably increased, and it would not be under the
mark to say that this total had increased to 12,000.
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