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Forecabin leaking and damp. Defects remedied and duly
certified by Inspector of Registration Authority.
December 28th. Boat "Leslie," 229, registered at Brierly
Hill. Forecabin leaking and damp. Under notice to repair.
I find the boats under inspection kept in a very clean condition,
and no cases of sickness have been discovered on board.
Special enquiries have been made in view of the prevalence of
small-pox during the year in different parts of the country with
which the boats may have been in contact.
Although I have inspected 16 boats during the year, as
compared with 6 in 1903, there are still very few boats in use
on the portion of the Canal within the borough. The principal
carrying on the Canal is done by barges in connection with the
Surrey Commercial Docks, and boats duly certified under the
Merchant Shipping Acts, and outside the jurisdiction of the
Canal Boats Acts.
This borough is not a registration authority.
The Arrangements made for the Inspection of Boats.
Periodical inspection by Sanitary Inspector, duly appointed
an Inspector under the Canal Boats Acts, jointly with other
duties as Inspector of Workshops, Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops, &c.
Name and Address of Inspector.
Thomas Turner,
161, St. Asaph Road,
Brockley, S.E.