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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX I.
Particulars of Canal Boats Inspected under Canal Boats Acts 1877 and 1884, from 1st January to 30th June, 1892.
| 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 or Owners. | No. of Cases of Infectious Disease on board. | No. Registered by the Port of London Sanitary Authority. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39 | 117 | 82 | 2 | — | — | — |
| February | 45 | 157 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — |
| March | 44 | 104 | 52 | 1 | — | — | — |
| April | 35 | 126 | 82 | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| May | 39 | 135 | 92 | — | — | — | 1 |
| June | 34 | 107 | 68 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Total | 236 | 746 | 476 | 7 | — | — | 8 |
Charles Skipper and East, Printers, St. Dunstan's Hill, E.C.