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Boats were found and inspected on the following dates, viz.:—
March 4th (two boats), 14th and 30th (two boats), May 11th (two
boats), June 9th (two boats), July 12th and 25th, August 17th and 31st
(two boats), October 5th, December 8th and 20th.
Number of visits 19
Number of boats inspected 17
Infringements.
The following matters were found requiring attention :—
June 9th—Boat "The Swan" 467, registered at Berkhampstead.
No proper water vessel on board. Provided on service of notice and
certified.
July 25th—Boat "Buzzard" 451, registered at Berkhampstead.
No water vessel on board; incomplete registration papers. Provided
on service of notice and certified.
October 5th—Boat "Nettle" 733, registered at Birmingham.
Registration papers very old and dilapidated. Amended on service of
notice and certified.
Children on Boats.
During the year children of school age were found in four boats,
in each case information was forwarded to the local education authority
for their attention.
On June 9th, notice was received under the Notification of Births
Act, 1907, of a child born on the boat "Swan," No. 467, while lying
off Messrs. Weston & Westall's wharf, Windmill bridge. The boat
left on the 11th, when the mother and child were doing well.
No cases of sickness were found on the boats during the year.
The boats inspected were found in a clean habitable condition. The
canal under the jurisdiction of this authority is very little used.
This borough is not a registration authority.
The arrangements made for the inspection of boats are—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, etc.