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This boat is registered for four adults aft, and was occupied by the master, his wife,
and four children, and carried a part cargo of wool. The children were put to bed at
8 p.m. on the 1st November, and were left on board, the master leaving at 8.30 p.m. and
his wife at 9.15 p.m. A swinging lamp was left hanging in the cabin. At 11 p.m. the
master and his wife returned and found the cabin full of smoke, the children on being
taken out of the cabin, were found to be dead.
A doctor was summoned, and he pronounced life to be extinct.
It would appear that the cabin lamp fell down from the hook on to a flock bed in
the cabin, thus causing the fire.
Admittance of Inspector.
No difficulty has been experienced in regard to the visits of the Inspectors of this
Authority.
Legal Proceedings.
Nil.
(5) The total number of infringements found was 126 on 55 boats, inspected
on 85 occasions. Formal notice of each infringement was at once given to the owners,
and in many cases they were remedied without further complaint.
The number of written notices was 69, and the number which has been certified
as attended to was 54. This number includes 18 infringements found in previous years,
and reported remedied in 1915.
Of the complaints issued in the year now under review, 52.17 per cent. were
remedied.
Double Bulkheads.
(6) There were no infringements with regard to the provision of these.
(7) No boats have been detained for cleansing:.

(9) Eight boats were registered in 1915. Of these, 7 were new boats.

I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
W. M. WILLOUGHBY,
Medical Officer of Health, Port of London