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(d) Marking—Nil.
(e) Overcrowding—Nil.
(f) Separation of sexes—Nil.
(g) Cleanliness—Nil.
(h) Ventilation—Nil.
(i) Painting—Two.
(j) Provision of Water Cask—One.
(k) Removal of Bilge Water—Nil.
(I) Notification of Infectious Disease—Nil.
(m) Admittance of Inspector—Nil.
(4) No legal proceedings were taken.
(5) In the case of infringement, notice was sent to the owner of the Boat requiring
him 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 certificate was 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, 1911:—
(a) Number of Boats believed to be in use or available was 13
(b) Number of Boats that cannot be traced Nil.
(9) No Boats were Registered in 1911.
Human Bones at 16, Walburgh Street.
Human remains were disturbed on the above premises when men were excavating
the earth to construct an underground stable.
The bones were not found in any one particular spot. Some were found in the
basement and others just outside the building where the ground was dug to make an
entrance to the stable. There were no signs of coffins, that is, no wood or coffin
plates were seen, and no whole skeletons were found. On the contrary, two or more
skulls were found with a small number of bones and in other places, a large number
of bones were found with one skull only. Twenty-two skulls were disturbed and more
than double that number of thigh bones.
It seems to me that the burial ground had been previously disturbed many years
ago, and the bones thus disturbed were re-buried anyhow in another part of the
ground. This part of the ground has now been again dug up. As far as I have been
f