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CANAL BOATS ACTS.
Annual Report for the Year ended 31st December, 1924
To the Medical Officer of Health,
Sir,
I beg to report for the year ended December 31st, 1924,
that for the purpose of Canal Boats inspection, I made 17
visits, on the following dates, viz.:—
January 5th, February 5th, March 6th and 18th, April 15th
May 19th and 30th, June 3rd and 23rd, July 10th, August 7th,
September 12th, October 1st and 15th, November 7th and 28th,
and December 3rd.
Number of visits 17
Number of boats inspected Nil
No boats were found for inspection, there being very little
traffic on the canal during the year.
This Council is not a Registration Authority under the
above Acts.
The arrangements made for the inspection of Canal Boats
are : Periodical inspection by Sanitary Inspector duly appointed
under the Canal Boats Acts, jointly with other duties as District
Sanitary Inspector.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
F. Hewett,
Canal Boat Inspector.
January 1st, 1925.
UNSOUND FOOD.
During the year, the following quantities of food were brought to
the notice of this Department, voluntarily by the owners, found to be
unsound, and destroyed :—
Apples 6 boxes Roe 4 stone
Cods' roe 1 trunk Salmon 4 tins
Eels 9 lbs. Skate 1 box and 4½ stone
Haddock 2 boxes and 4½ stone Tomatoes 3 bundles and 4 bxs.
Ham 1 cwt. 1 qr. 17lbs. Tinned beetroot and
Kippers 2 boxes red cabbage 15 cases
Lemon soles 1 box Whelks 1 bushel
Mixed fish 2 boxes Whiting 1 trunk
Rabbits 45 lbs.