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Port of London 1920

Report for the year ended 31st December 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London

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Table: TABLE XL.SUMMARY OF CANAL BOATS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31STDECEMBER,1920.

TABLE XL.

SUMMARY OF CANAL BOATS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31STDECEMBER,1920.

January.February.March.April.May.Jane.July.August.September.October.November.December.TOTALtotal for the year
1915.1916.1917.1918.1919.
New boats registered......1...........................174211
Registration owing to structural alterations......................................................
Registration for other purposes.......................................12.........
No. of Visits of Inspection149131116121110516204141413280280188153
Conforming to Acts and Regulations13610117597414151102328228225149120
Infringements in respect to:—
Registration...21...21...............17239865
Notification of change of master. .....................................................
Absence of certificate1...1...5...22...131161910191211
Certificate not identifying owner with boat...1...........................1212121
Marking, &c................1......1......1469643
Overcrowding...............2.........1......31...111
Partition separating sexes......................................................
Males over age......................................................
Females over age.......................................1............
Cleanliness...............2............114104...16
Painting...............1.........112612142...5
Ventilation......1..................1......27321...
Dilapidation1...2...45111232243722251919
Removal of bilge water.............................................2...1
Without pump......................................................
Refusal to admit Inspector......................................................
No proper water vessel.....................2.........14...7222
Without double bulkhead..................1......11...3...............
Notification of infectious disease...................................................1
Detained for cleansing......................................................
Proceedings taken..........................................1.........
Cautions given1...3...76221143336939343631
„ attended to......1...1313182...20543821934

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Total registered by Port Sanitary Authority since 1887 488
Cancelled 216
Actual number on the Register, 31st December, 1920 272
Registered for 467 persons.
Carrying males 194.
females 61.
children 81.