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ANNUAL REPORT OF CANAL BOATS INSPECTOR FOR 1903.
To the Public Health Committee, Hackney Borough Council.
Gentlemen,—I beg to submit my Annual Report upon the Canal Boats
inspected under the Canal Boats' Acts and Regulations 1877 and 1884.
The boats chiefly met with in this district are the "wide " barges, occupied
by men only, and, with few exceptions, they were found to be in good
structural repair, and were kept in clean condition. No women or children were
found living on the boats inspected.
The barge traffic on the River Lea has been greatly interfered with by th
numerous floods which have occurred during the year.
The details are as follows:—
Visits to Waterways 75
Number of Boats inspected 96
Number of Boats conforming to Acts, &c. 92
„ „ infringing „ 4
Certificates examined 93
Boats inspected (Captain absent—Certificates not seen) 1
„ (not used as dwellings) 2
Number of Notices issued 4
„ „ complied with 4
Number of persons registered for—Adults 285
Children 2
287
„ „ living on boats so registered 140
Legal proceedings taken 0
Details of Infringements.
Certificate did not identify owner 1
No certificates on board 1
Marking of boat 1
Overcrowding of sexes 0
Separation of sexes 0
Cleanliness 0
Ventilation 0
Painting 1
Provision of water vessel 1
Removal of Bilge water
Notification of Infectious disease 0
Rufusal of admittance 0
I beg to remain, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
GEORGE WHITE,
Sanitary Inspector and Inspector under
the Canal Boats' Acts.