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Of the 101 Boats inspected it was found that 60 (including the
whole of the Offensive Cargo Boats) were occupied by men only.
Among the 80 non-offensive Cargo Boats inspected there were
41 occupied by women or children, and 7 by women only.
In 29 cases it was found that the persons lived entirely on their
boats. One Canal Boat has been the home of a man and his wife
for 16 years; during this time they have reared several children, all
of whom are now earning their living elsewhere.
We have always found the occupants of the Canal Boats ready
and willing to accede to any request or suggestion which we have
felt it our duty to make in view of cleanliness and good health.
STABLES.
We have in Finsbury 494 stables containing in all 5,519 horses.
These premises are now entered in our registers as "workplaces,"
as decided in the case of Bennett v. Harding.
It should be understood that separate premises used as stables,
though in one and the same occupancy, have been considered as
separate stables. Probably there are about 175 stable yards in the
Borough, in which are situated the 494 separate premises used as
stables. Only 13 of the 494 stables contain two horses or one
horse ; the remaining 481 stables contain more than two horses each.
In 1904 these premises have all been inspected, and the larger stables
have been visited many times, particularly in the summer months.
The points to which most attention is given by the inspectors are
the number of stables and horses and t he purposes for which they
are used, the storage of fodder, the storage and removal of manure,
the paving and drainage of the stables and stable yards, the water
supply, and the arrangements as to periodical cleansing.