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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX
Number of Canal Boats Inspected under the Canal Boats Acts during 1888.
| Months. | No. of Canal Boats Inspected. | Registered No. of Persons to live on board. | No. of Persons living on board. | No. of Canal Boats without Certificates on board. | No. of Prosecutions against Masters and Owners. | No. of Cases of Infectious Disease on board. | No. of Barges Registered by the Port of London Sanitary Authority. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40 | 148 | 109 | — | — | — | 27 |
| February | 56 | 206 | 131 | l | — | — | 25 |
| March | 67 | 222 | 167 | 4 | 5 | — | 16 |
| April | 71 | 252 | 198 | 3 | — | -- | 3 |
| May | 90 | 350 | 241 | 5 | — | — | 1 |
| June | 47 | 165 | 106 | — | — | — | 15 |
| July | 69 | 260 | 183 | 3 | — | — | — |
| August | 34 | 117 | 82 | 2 | — | — | — |
| September | 48 | 186 | 131 | 1 | — | — | — |
| October | 64 | 225 | 173 | — | — | — | 1 |
| November | 64 | 240 | 169 | 4 | — | — | — |
| December | 48 | 199 | 147 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Total | 698 | 2,570 | 1,837 | 25 | 5 | — | 88 |