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of any vessels by section no (1) of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891.
"For the purposes of this Act any vessel lying in any river or other
water within the district of a sanitary authority shall (subject to the
provisions of this Act with respect to the Port Sanitary Authority of
the Port of London) be subject to the jurisdiction of that authority
in the same manner as if it were a house within such district.
"(2) The master of any such vessel shall be deemed for the purposes
of this Act to be the occupier of such vessel."
By section 141: "The expression 'vessel' includes a boat and
every description of vessel used in navigation."
At the Conference it was pointed out that where a non-registered
canal boat is used for sleeping purposes test legal proceedings might
be instituted under the Canal Boats Act. Section 1. " If
a canal boat is used as a dwelling in contravention of this Act, the
master of the boat, and also the owner of the boat if he is in fault,
shall each be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-shillings for each
occasion on which the boat is so used."
FISH OFFAL.
Following up the matter of the nuisance arising from the collection
and removal of offal from fishmongers shops and its deposit after
removal, I reported as follows, at a meeting of the Sanitary
Committee held 26th January:—
"With respect to the Committee's suggestion that the Board should
collect the fish offal of the district, the matter having been referred
to the Clerk and Medical Officer to make enquiries and to report, I
interviewed the Clerk and Surveyor to the Woolwich Local Board,
which authority collects and destroys, as trade refuse, its fish offal.
In Woolwich the Local Board supplies, free of cost, galvanised iron
receptacles with air-tight lids. There are 140 of these receptacles,