Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX A.
Number of Vessels Inspected in each Dock and on the River, from 1st January to 31st December, 1902.
Dock. | Number. | To be Cleaned. | Outward Bound. | Sick referred to Hospital. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Katharine's | 738 | 69 | 37 | — | |||||
London | 1,497 | 114 | 149 | — | |||||
Regent's Canal - | 726 | 40 | 51 | 1 | |||||
Millwall | 1,953 | 148 | 9 | 5 | |||||
West India | 1,813 | 81 | — | 8 | |||||
Poplar | 73 | 6 | 1 | — | |||||
East India | 783 | 59 | 5 | 1 | |||||
Victoria | 1,116 | 177 | 28 | 11 | |||||
Royal Albert | 3,006 | 273 | 20 | 7 | |||||
Commercial | 1,795 | 169 | 227 | 3 | |||||
Tilbury | 2,639 | 268 | — | — | |||||
Gravesend District | 2,951 | 168 | - | - | |||||
River * | Upper 5,286 | 14,245 | 639 | 1,344 | 519 | 11,159 | — | 3 | |
Middle 4,288 | 433 | 640 | 3 | ||||||
Lower 4,671 | 272 | - | - | ||||||
Medway | 271 | 18 | — | — | |||||
Total | 33,606 | 2,934 | 1,686 | 39 | |||||
*The Upper District extends from Lime house to Teddington. | |||||||||
„ Middle „ ,, „ „ to Erith. | |||||||||
„ Lower „ „ „ Erith to the outer limits of the Port of London. | |||||||||
Total to 31st December, 1901 | 616,996 | ||||||||
From 1st January to 31st December, 1902 | Foreign 16,336 Coastwise 17,270 | 33,606 | |||||||
Total | 650,602 | ||||||||
To be cleaned, &c., to 31st December, 1901 | 33,721 | ||||||||
From 1st January to 31st December, 1902 | - | 2,934 | |||||||
Total | 36,655 | ||||||||
Medically inspected at Gravesend: | |||||||||
From August, 1892, to 31st December, 1901 | 6,623 | ||||||||
From 1st January to 31st December, 1902 | 1,668 | ||||||||
Total | 18,291 | ||||||||
Medically inspected at Sheerness: | |||||||||
From 1st September, 1894, to 31st December, 1901 | 2,129 | ||||||||
From 1st January to 31st December, 1902 | 244 | ||||||||
Total | 2,373 | ||||||||
Number of Vessels inspected in the Launches: | |||||||||
" David Burnett" | 4,229 | ||||||||
" Clotho " | 3,925 | ||||||||
" Denton " | 4,255 | ||||||||
12,409 | |||||||||
In the Docks, &c. | 21,197 | ||||||||
Total | 33,606 |