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Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1911
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CANAL BOATS ACTS, 1877-1894.
The Canal Boats Inspector reports that he made 69 visits to
the waterways in the Borough during 1911, and inspected 27
boats during that period. No infringements of the Canal Boats
Acts or Regulations were observed on these visits. A copy of
the Canal Boats Inspector will be found in the appendix to this
report.
ICE CREAM VENDORS.
At the end of 1911 there were 175 ice cream vendors in the
Borough, an increase of 16 on the number present at the end of
1910. The number of inspections of these premises made during
the year was 193. Defects were found in 21 of these premises,
which were remedied on the service of intimation notices.
GLANDERS AND FARCY ORDER, 1907.
I received 2 notifications from the Veterinary Inspectors of the
London County Council of glanders in animals in the Borough
during 1911 under the above order. In each case, I had the
premises inspected and made enquiries respecting the health of
the stablemen, &c., but in no case did it appear that the disease
had been conveyed to human beings.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS—ANTHRAX ORDER OF 1910.
During the year I received one notification of the existence of
anthrax on premises in the Borough
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACTS, 1890-1903.
No representation was made nor action taken under the
above Acts during the year 1911.