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Canal Boats.
For the year ended 31st December, 1913, the report of Inspector
Turner, respecting the inspection of registered canal boats and nonregistered
canal boats, was as follows:—
For the purposes of inspection during the year, visits were made
on the following dates, viz.:—January 8th, 16th, 22nd, 30th and 31st,
February 15th, March 5th, April 4th and 23rd, May 20th, June 3rd,
12th and 19th, July 24th and 29th, August 21st, September 15th and
26th, November 5th and 28th, and December 10th and 19th.
Boats were found and inspected on the following dates, viz.:—
January 8th, January 22nd (2 boats), January 30th (2 boats), January
31st, April 4th, June 12th, September 15th and September 26th.
Number of visits 22
Number of boats inspected 10
INFRINGEMENTS.
The following matters were found requiring attention :—
January 31st—Boat "Richmond," 939, registered at Wolverhampton.
Stern food cupboard defective; roof leaking; no pump
on board ; watercan lid defective; work done and pump provided
on service of notice, and certified.
June 12th — Boat "India," 1123, registered at Birmingham.
Leakage into bunks fore and aft; repaired on service of notice,
and certified.
September 26th—Boat " Mary," 244, registered at Brierley Hill.
Registration paper not produced, said to be on a companion boat at
Greenwich; no pump on board; pump provided and papers
examined on service of notice, and certified.
CHILDREN ON BOATS.
During the year, children of school age were found on three boats;
in each case information was forwarded to the local education authority
for their attention.
No cases of sickness were found on the boats during the year.
The boats inspected were found in a clean and habitable condition.
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, &c.