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GENERAL SANITATION AND
ADMINISTRATION.
The Canal and Canal Boats.—The portion of the
Canal situated within the Borough of Finsbury and known as the
City Road Basin is owned by the Regent's Canal and Docks Company,
and consists of a waterway of about 5¾ acres, a portion of
which has a through communication with the River Thames on the
one hand and the Midlands on the other.
The cul de sac has on either side premises occupied by various
firms as factories, warehouses and wharves, with a few residential
houses.
There are three wharves at which boats load offensive cargoes,
viz. : 22, Graham Street, 12, Macclesfield Street, and 26, Wharf
Road. The first belongs to the Borough of Islington and the
other two to the Borough of Finsbury. The "offensive cargoes"
consist of street sweepings and house refuse.
Complying with section 3 of the Canal Boats Act, 1884, and the
instruction of the Local Government Board, dated 22nd December,
1905, I have to report as follows:—
1.—The Canal Boats have been inspected by Inspector William
Homer Draper, the Inspector for that portion of the Borough in
which the Canal is situated. There is no separate remuneration
for this work as the inspection of Canal Boats is included in the
duties of the District Sanitary Inspector.®
2.— The number of Canal Boats inspected during the year 1905
was 109 (22 being offensive cargo boats). There were 13
ments of the Acts and Regulations, necessitating 12 Complaint
Notes being sent to those responsible for the abatement of the
same.
° During the greater part of the year this work was undertaken by
Inspector J. W. Hall, who was in the service of the Council for a temporary
period in place of Inspector A. E. Powell, resigned, January, 1905.