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City of London 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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47
CANAL BOATS ACTS AND REGULATIONS.
In accordance with the requirements of Section 3 of the Canal Boats Act,
1884, I herewith report upon the execution of the Canal Boats Acts, 1887
and 1884, and the Regulations made thereunder, and as to the steps taken
during the year ending the 31st December, 1904, to give effect to the provisions
of the said Acts and Regulations in the District within the jurisdiction of the
Port Sanitary Authority of the Port of London.
(1.) The present arrangements for the inspection of canal boats are the
same as those which have been in force during the past.
No Inspector is appointed solely for the work of inspecting canal boats, but
each Port Sanitary Inspector, of whom there are seven, has a district of the
Port allotted to him, as follows :—
Inspector Romeril - - - 188/. 10s. per annum.
Central District.
West India Dock.
South West India Dock.
Poplar Dock.
Mill wall Dock.
Inspector Garland 188/. 10s. per annum.
Western District.
London Dock.
St. Katharine's Dock.
Regent's Dock.
Surrey Commercial Dock.
Inspector Wetjen - 162l. 10s. per annum.
Eastern District.
East India Dock.
Royal Albert Dock.
Royal Victoria Dock.
Inspector Lambe - - - 136/. 10s. per annum.
Gravesend District.
Tilbury Dock.
North Shore—from Purfleet down.
South Shore—from Erith down.
RIVER.
Inspector Hopkins - - - 162/. 10s. per annum.
Upper District.
Teddington to Limehouse.
Inspector Burr 162l. 10s. per annum.
Middle District.
Limehouse to Erith.
Inspector Rolfe 136l. 10s. per annum.
Lower District.
Erith to seaward limits of Port of London (including part of
River Medway).