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Sec. 48 (2) Public Health (London) Act.—Twenty-two certificates
of sufficient water supply under the above section of the Public
Health (London) Act, have been supplied during 1902, to the
owners of new or rebuilt houses. These certificates have reference
to 92 houses.
CANAL BOATS ACTS, 1877—1894.
The inspector appointed to this work reports that 87 visits were
made to different parts of the canal, 94 boats were inspected and
one re-inspected; 86 of the total were found to conform with the
Acts and Regulations, and infringements of these were observed in 9
instances. The following are details of infringements found:—
Certificate did not identify owner 1
Certificates not on board 3
Marking either absent or defective 4
Vessel for drinking water not provided 1
Bilge water not removed 1
Painting defective 4
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CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACT, 1900.
During the year 32 applications were made to me by the owners
of the same number of premises to make inspections of the properties
with a view to obtaining certificates which would enable them to
claim exemption from inhabited house duty. I inspected and after
certain alterations had been made gave the required certificates
The 32 applications referred to above includes no less than 387
tenements.