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Canal Boats.
During the year 1938 the total number of Canal Boat inspections
made was 94, none of which carried any offensive cargo.
Contravention of statutory requirements has taken place in
three instances for which complaint notices were served upon the
owners for abatement.
The infringements were in respect of the following:—
1. Registration Certificate observed in dilapidated condition.
2. Absence of Registration Certificate.
3. Registration number on boat not corresponding with number
on Certificate.
Since the service of these notices, the contraventions have been
remedied and further action has not been found necessary.

Of the 94 Canal Boats inspected, 50 were occupied by men
only, 15 by men and women, and 29 by men, women and children.
The number of children on boats was 51, of which 31 were of school
age and 20 were under school age. The children accompanying
their parents on the boats appeared to be well cared for.
There has been no discovery or notification of an infectious
disease case on the Canal Boats, therefore isolation of patients and
detention of boats has not been found necessary.
The inspection of Canal Boats is part of the duty of the Sanitary
Inspector whose district includes that part of the Borough in which
the canal is situated.