Children on Canal Boats
In 1935 - 29 canal boats registered in the Port of London carried 53 children on average of 1.81 a boat.
In 1934 - 16 boats carried 39 children on average a boat of 2.45. In 1926 - 31 boats carried 157 children average of 5.06 a boat
(Note from Daily Mail year book 1937 - this must refer to children living on canal boats)