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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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SUMMARY OF CANAL BOATS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1936.
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
TOTAL.
Total for Years
1931.
1932.
1933.
1934.
1935.
New boats registered
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
9
2
-
1
2
Registration owing to structural alteration
—
—
—
-
1
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
—
—
-
-
-
Registration for other purposes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
No. of Inspections
12
4
6
12
1
1
3
1
15
101
6
5
167
295
236
205
131
129
Conforming to Acts and Regulations
11
3
4
10
1
1
3
1
10
78
6
4
132
252
200
189
117
106
Infringements in respect of:—
Registration
—
—
2
-
—
—
—
—
-
-
—
-
2
12
2
—
—
2
Notification of change of Master
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Absence of Certificate
1
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
3
18
-
1
25
23
7
6
6
6
Certificate not identifying owner with boat
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Marking, &c.
—
-
-
-
1
—
—
—
1
6
—
-
9
4
4
2
2
3
Overcrowding
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
2
—
—
—
—
Partition separating sexes
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
Males over age
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
Females over age
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cleanliness
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
-
2
—
—
—
—
1
Painting
—
1
-
-
-
—
—
—
-
-
—
-
1
3
6
2
-
1
Ventilation
-
-
-
-
-
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
—
-
3
Dilapidations (including defective bulkheads)
—
-
—
1
—
—
-
—
1
3
—
-
5
13
18
7
7
10
Removal of bilge water
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
Without pump
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
Refusal to admit Inspector
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
No proper water vessel
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
-
1
1
1
1
1
3
Double bulkheads
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Notification of infectious disease
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Detained for cleansing
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Proceedings taken
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
—
—
—
-
Written cautions given
—
-
2
2
1
—
—
—
4
21
—
1
29
15
11
6
8
11
*Cautions attended to
1
3
—
6
—
—
1
—
—
10
1
2
24
24
13
9
12
15
Total registered by Port Health Authority since 1887 559
Cancelled 317
Actual number on Register, 31st December, 1936 242
* Includes cautions given during previous years and attended to during 1936.