[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Hebden Bridge U.D.C.

Hebden Bridge (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1898

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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Hebden Bridge U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Canal Boat Report. -<»- Z ' » 14th January, 1899. Gentlemen,— I beg to submit my report for the year 1898 as Inspector under the Canal Boats Acts for the combined Authorities of the Hebden Bridge Urban and the Todmorden Rural Councils. The number of boats inspected during the period named was 96, having registered sleeping accommodation in the cabins for a total of 504 persons ; but the number of persons occupying the cabins was only 240, viz., 211 men, 20 women, and 9 children, which is the smallest proportion of women and children for any of the thirteen years during which I have been Inspector under the Acts The contraventions of the Acts or Regulations, though eight in number, were not of a serious character. In four cases the Captain had not the necessary Certificate of Registration, but in each case the boats had either recently changed ownership and the Certificate been left with the Registration Authorities for alteration, or the boats had been laid up for repairs, in which case it is customary to remove the Certificate along with other things from the cabins. The cabins of three others had not been painted within the three years required by Regulation 9 ; and another had some structural defects in one of the cabins, which the owners promised to remedy, on their attention being called to the matter. I remain, Your obedient servant. E. SMITH, Inspector.