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Canal Boats
Acts 1877
and 1884.
Factories,
Workshops
and
Workplaces
Underground Rooms
No. illegally occupied 88
No. closed or illegal occupation discontinued 47
Overcrowding—
No. of cases of overcrowding found 68
No. remedied 50
No. of prosecutions
Pursuant to the Third Section of the Canal Boats Act, 1884, the Metropolitan
Borough of Stepney, being the Registration Authority under the above
Acts, has to report as follows with regard to the execution of such Acts and of
the Regulations made thereunder, and as to the steps taken by them as such
authority during the year 1933 to give effect to the provisions of the said Acts
and Regulations, viz.:—
(1) Canal Boats coming within the district are inspected by a Sanitary
Inspector, who receives a sum of £10 per annum for the performance of this
duty. His inspection is irrespective of the examination of Boats made by the
Examining Officer prior to their registration.
(2) The number of boats inspected was 33.
No children were found on the boats.
There were no contraventions of the Acts and Regulations.
No boats were registered during the year.
Home Oflice Form 572
1.—Inspections.
Premises.
Number of.
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
Factories
(Including Factory Laundries)
1,214
221
—
Workshops
(Including Workshop Laundries)
1,979
600
—
Workplaces
(Other than Outworkers' premises)
480
64
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Totals
3,673
885
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