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Millesden Arban District Council.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Willesden Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Annual Report for the
year 1910, on the work performed under the Canal Boats
Acts, 1877, and 1884, and the Regulations relating to
canal boats, issued by the Local Government Board.
The canal, consisting of about ¾ of a mile of waterway
within the district of Willesden, is situated at Lower
Place, the extreme south-west corner of Willesden and
about three miles from the administrative centre of the
district.
The. partial cessation of building operations during
the last few years has, in consequence of the fewer number
of boats unloading, rendered the work of canal boat
inspection very difficult. During the year the work has
been further handicapped by the closing of the remaining
wharf at Lower Place. At the present time there is no
lay-by open for unloading boats in Willesden. This means
that every boat inspected has either to be detained, or
boarded whilst in motion, the former resented by the
occupants, and the latter always attended with risks of
immersion.