Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year ended 31st December 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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TABLE III.
General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspection of Vessels, &c., in the Port of
London, for the year ending 31st December, 1909.
Foreign. | Coastwise. | Inland Navigation. | Shore Premises. | Sick Seamen referred to Hospital. | Water Barges. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steam. | Sail. | Steam. | Sail. | Steam. | Sail. | (uninhabited). Canal Boats. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inspected. 1 | Defective. | To be Cleaned. | Inspected. | Defective. | To be Cleaned. | Inspected. | Defective. | To be Cleaned. | Inspected. | Defective. | To be Cleaned. | Inspected. | Defective. | To be Cleaned. | Inspected. | Defective. | To be Cleaned. | Inspected. | Defective. | To be Cleaned.. | Inspected. | Defective. | To be Cleaned. | Inspected. | Defective. | To be Cleaned. | No. in District in good condition, 31st December, 1900. | New Barges | Condemned. | Use Discontinued, | No. in District 31st December, 1909. | ||
12910 | 84 | 1355 | 1977 | 15 | 338 | 3820 | 28 | 304 | 1698 | 16 | 155 | 529 | - | 29 | 15160 | 74 | 711 | 1454 | 2 | 104 | 1432 | 98 | 25 | 137 | 322 | 225 | — | 20 | l | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1908 | 863,731 | Dock and River | No. | Nationality | Arrive from Foreign port | No. of in spections | Arrive percent of Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1909 — | St. Katharine's | 1,060 | American | 5 | 6 | .05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
London | 2,222 | Argentine | 3 | 11 | .03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Foreign " | 14,887 | Regent's Canal | 806 | Austrian | 26 | 35 | .27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Coastwise " | 5,518 | Belgian | 380 | 390 | 3.96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Inland Navigation " | 18,575 | Millwall | 2,199 | Brazilian | - | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West India | 1,981 | British | 5,608 | 8,974† | 58.59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premises on shore | 1.376 | Poplar | 130 | Danish | 310 | 500 | 3.23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40,356 | Dutch - | 606 | 741 | 6.33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 904,087 | East India | 570 | Finnish | 31 | 77 | .32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Victoria | 2,638 | French | 160 | 229 | 1.67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters. &c.:— | Royal Albert | 2,734 | German | 843 | 1,170 | 8.80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total to 31st December, 1908 | 55,586 | Commercial | 3,686 | Greek | 8 | 10 | .08 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | 4 | 4 | .04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1909 | 3,246 | Tilbury | 1,740 | Japanese | 74 | 115 | .77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gravesend District | 3,128 | Roumanian | 1 | 2 | .01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 58,832 | River—*Upper District | 6,227 | Russian | 180 | 428 | 1.88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Middle „ | 5,446 | Siamese | 4 | 7 | .04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of vessels inspected:— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spanish | 77 | 111 | .70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the Launches— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Lower „ | 4,412 | Swedish & | 1,251 | 2,076 | 13.07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" David Burnett" | 4,558 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medway | 1 | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Clotho" | 4,880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Denton" | 5,476 | Total vessels | 38,980 | Total vessels- | 9,571 | 14,887 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shore premises | 1,376 | t Coastwise and Inland navigation | 24,093 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 14,914 | Shore premises | 1,376 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 40,356 | Total - | 40,356 | 99-84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the Docks, &c. | 24,066 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 38,980 | •Upper District extends from Limehouse to Teddington. •Middle „ „ „ Limehouse to Erith. •Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of Port of London. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPARATIVE TABLE. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
total number of Inspections of vessels from— | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907 | 1908. | 1909 | Yearly average or the 10 years ending 31st December, 1909. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"Foreign" | 14,966 | 16,844 | 16,336 | 15,989 | 15,685 | 14,279 | 13,013 | 17,971 | 15,258 | 14,887 | 15,522.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections | 15,839 | 15,231 | 17,270 | 19,496 | 19,700 | 19,975 | 22,335 | 19,414 | 20,014 | 25,469 | 19,474.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 30,805 | 32,075 | 33,606 | 35,485 | 35,385 | 34,254 | 35,348 | 37,385 | 35,272 | 40,356 | 34,997.1 |