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F.—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 5f acres, a portion
of which has a through communication with the River Thames on
the one hand and the Midlands on the other.
The major portion is a cul de sac with premises on either side
occupied by various firms as factories, warehouses, and wharves,
with a few residential houses.
During the past year about 470 tons of sludge have been dredged
out of the basin by occupiers of different wharves. It consisted in
part of putrefying animal and vegetable matter, and was of an
objectionable character. The carrying out of this work has made a
great improvement in the condition of the several bays which have
been dredged.
There are two wharves at which boats load offensive cargoes,
viz.:—22, Graham Street, and 26, Wharf Road. The former
belongs to the Borough of Islington and the latter 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 21st
December, 1906, I have to report as follows:—
I.—The Canal Boats have been inspected by Inspector
W. H. 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 the canal boats is included in the
duties of the District Sanitary Inspector.