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31st December, 1921, as to the execution of the Canal Boats Acts,
1877 and 1884, and of the Regulations made thereunder, within
the Urban District of Heston and Isleworth, Middlesex.
Inspectors.
Messrs. R. H. Butler (Chief Sanitary Inspector), G. W. Ashworth
and S. H. Franklin (District Sanitary Inspectors), are appointed
to act as Canal Boat Inspectors. No special remuneration is paid
for the position.
Number of Inspections, etc.
During the year 20 inspections were made of 17 boats, 12 boats
were in order and on each of four boats one infringement and on
one boat three infringements of the and Regulations were
found. The nature of the contraventions were as follows:—
(a). No vessel provided for storing drinking water.
(b). No registration marks on boat.
(e). Overcrowding.
(d). Interior of after cabin dirty (2).
(e). Improper marking of boat.
(f). After cabin not in a habitable condition.
Legal Proceedings.
No legal proceedings have been taken during the year.
Infectious Disease.
No cases of infectious disease were reported as occurring among
the Canal Boat population during the year.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
ELWIN H. T. NASH,
Medical Officer of Health.
The Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Whitehall, S.W. 1.
HOUSING.
There is at present a considerable amount of overcrowding
in the district, not so much legal overcrowding as moral overcrowding.
The condition is rendered much more difficult by the