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Hackney 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913
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ANNUAL REPORT OF CANAL BOATS INSPECTOR
FOR 1913.
To the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my annual report upon the canal boats
inspected under the Canal Boats Acts and Regulations, 1877 and
1884.
The details are as follows:—
Number of visits to waterways 80
„ boats inspected 23
„ comforming to Acts 23
„ „ infringing Acts None
„ certificates examined 23
,, persons for which boats were registered—
Adults 83
Children 3
Number of persons living on boats so registered—
Men 41
Women 1
Children 3
No legal proceedings were taken.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
GEORGE WHITE,
Sanitary Inspector and Inspector
under the Canal Boats Acts.