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Canal Boats Acts 1877 and 1884.
Pursuant to the Third Section of the Canal Boats Act 1884, I have to report
with regard to the execution of the above Acts and of the Regulations made
thereunder, and as to the steps taken during the year to give effect to the provisions
of the said Acts and Regulations, viz.:—
1. Canal Boats coming within the District are inspected by a Sanitary
Inspector, who receives a sum of £10 per annum for the performance of this duty.
His inspection is irrespective of the examination of Boats made prior to their
Registration.
2. The number of Boats inspected in 1909 was 76, and the condition of the
Boats and their occupants, as regards the matters dealt with in the Acts and
Regulations was very good.
3. Infringements of the Acts and Regulations were discovered as follows,
viz.:—
(a) Registration—Nil.
(b) Notification of change of Master—Nil.
(c) Certificates—Nil.
(d) Marking—One.
(e) Overcrowding—Nil.
(f) Separation of Sexes—Nil.
(g) Cleanliness—Nil.
(h) Ventilation—Nil.
(i) Painting—One.
(j) Provision of Water Cask—Nil.
(k) Removal of Bilge Water—Nil.
(l) Notification of Infectious Disease—Nil.
(m) Admittance of Inspector—Nil.
4. No legal proceedings were taken.
5. In the case.of infringements, notices were sent to the owners of the Boats
requiring them to remedy the cause of complaint, and to forward to this Borough
within a specified period a certificate signed by some duly appointed Inspector of
Canal Boats, that the same had been duly done. Such certificates were afterwards
received.
6. No case of Infectious Disease occurred.
7. No Boats were detained for Cleansing and Disinfection.