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Rag Flock Act, 1911.
Although visits have been paid to premises where rag flock may be
in use, only one sample of rag flock was procured for analysis. The
sample was satisfactory.
Rags—Certificates.
At the request of a certain firm dealing in wiping rags, certificates
that the rags have undergone a cleansing process are issued after inspection
by an officer of the department. A fee of £5 5s. is paid for inspection
and the granting of certificates up to 70 with an additional is. 6d. for
each certificate in excess of that number. During the year 117 certificates
were issued.
Hairdressers' Premises.
The number of inspections of hairdressers' premises was 82.
Cleansing was necessary at 3 of the premises, and other nuisances found
numbered 6. 6 intimations and 1 statutory notice were served. The
requirements of these documents were complied with.
Canal Boats.
During the year 1934 there has been only one canal boat inspected,
although the Inspectors paid many visits to the canals and locks in the
Borough and boarded a number of vessels.
It would appear that, owing to changed business conditions and
methods of transport, the old type of canal boat is disappearing. A
number of these vessels, which formerly were seen at more or less regular
intervals, have ceased to ply and have been replaced by other vessels
which are not registrable under the Canal Boats Acts.
On the one registered canal boat inspected there were no contraventions
of the Acts or Regulations, but on a non-registered sea-going vessel
several defects were noted and these were brought to the notice of the
Owners informally.
Exhumations.
Under a Home Office Licence a body was exhumed in the Tower
Hamlets Cemetery and re-interred in another grave.
The District Sanitary Inspector was present to see that the terms of
the Licence were complied with.