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Of the 109 Boats inspected it was found that 81 (including the
whole of the Offensive Cargo Boats) were occupied by men only.
Among the 87 non-offensive Cargo Boats inspected there were
28 occupied by women or children, and 2 by women only.
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 about 500 stables containing in all about
5,500 horses. These premises are now entered in our registers as
"workplaces," as decided in the case of Bennett v. Harding (see
Report for 1904, p. 216).
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 500 separate premises used as
stables. Only 13 of the 500 stables contain two horses or one
horse; the remaining 487 stables contain more than two horses
each.
In 1904 these premises were systematically inspected, and the
larger stables visited many times, particularly in the summer
months. The points to which most attention was given by the
inspectors were the number of stables and horses and the 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.
During 1905 a number of visits were paid to stables, and action
was taken with regard to manure removal. The circular requiring
daily removal (Report, 1904, p. 219) previously issued to seven
firms, was not issued to any firms in 1905, so that only seven firms
are still registered as being liable to penalties if they do not
remove manure daily.