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Canal Boats Acts 1877 and 1884.
Pursuant to the Third Section of the Canal Boats Act 188-1, 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 coining 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 by
the Examining Officer prior to their registration.
2. The number of Boats inspected in 1910 was 63, 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 Acts and Regulations were discovered as follows:—
(a) Registration—Nil.
(b) Notification of change of Master—Nil.
(c) Certificates—One.
(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.
(1) 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.
8. The total number of Boats on the Register on the 31st December,
1910:—
(a) Number of Boats believed to be in use or available was 13.
(b) Number of Boats that cannot be traced 5.
9. No Boats were Registered in 1910.