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Proceedings for the recovery of the penalties shall be
instituted by the Sanitary Authority for the District in
which the offence was committed or of the District to the
Medical Officer of which such notification as aforesaid
ought to have been made or in which such itinerant vendor
as aforesaid shall offer any such commodity as aforesaid
for sale as the case may be.
A register has been prepared, in which to record the
necessary information as required by the Act, and, in due course
as the season in which the business is carried on arrives, the
various premises will be inspected as to their condition, and
the requirements enforced. After being placed on the register
the premises will be kept under regular inspection.
The trade in ice creams is not confined merely to the
itinerant vendor, but is carried on very largely by various
shops, &c., as in confectionery shops, refreshment rooms, and
restaurants.
Re-inspections, Calls, &c. 746
Thomas Turner,
Inspcctor.
CANAL BOATS.
I beg to report that during the year 1902, from my
appointment as Canal Boat Inspector in April, I have from
time to time made inspections on the Canal bank of the Grand
Surrey Canal, and the portion of the Creek within the borough,
with a view to the inspection of boats; but only on one occasion,
May 20th, have I found a boat, "Alice," "Registered No. 231,
Port of London," subject to such inspection, on which occasion
I found no one on board, and the cabins padlocked.
I find the boats plying on the portion of the Canal within the
borough are all barges entering and leaving the Surrey