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City of London 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 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, 1906.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamen referred to Hospital.WaterBarges.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Lighters (uninhabited).Canal Boats.
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.Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned..No. in District in good condition, 31st i December, 1905.New Barges.Condemned.No. in District, 31st Dec., 1906.
.13821841527163129215263628233128242175736103613405137645123838815028141153741249424420
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1905755,726Docks and River.No.Nationality.Arrived from Foreign Ports.No. of inspections.Per cent. of Total.
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1906 —St. Katharine's846American910.02
London1,593Argentine13
"Foreign"13,013Regent's Canal691Austrian2223.06
"Coastwise"3,917Millwall2,234Belgian4493741.05
" Inland Navigation"16,881West India1,478British5,71128,755181.34
Premises on shore1,537Poplar551Chilian11
35,348East India494Danish232294.83
Total791,074Victoria1,844Dutch6387011.98
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—Royal Albert1,854Finnish4697.27
French171193.54
Total to 31st December, 1905 46,403Commercial1,760
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19062,960Tilbury-2,573German9661,1943.37
Gravesend District3,381Greek45.01
Total49,363Italian1923.06
River—*Upper District5,487
*Middle „4,754Japanese3236.10
Number of vessels inspected:— In the Launches—Russian211312.88
Lower „4,237
" David Burnett"4,135Spanish87109.30
"Clotho"4,327Medway34Swedish & Norwegian1,3561,6814.75
"Denton"5,041Total vessels33,811Total vessels9,95533,811
Total13,503Shore premises1,537Shore premises †includes "Coast wise,"&c.-1,5374.34
In the Docks, &c.20,308Total35,348Total-35,34899.90
Total33,811Upper District extends from Limehouse to Teddington. Middle „ „ „ Limehouse to Erith. Lower „ „ „ Eritb to outer limits of Port of London.
COMPARATIVE TABLE.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—1901.19021903.1904.1905.Yearly average for the 5 years ending 31st December, 1905.1906.
"Foreign"16,84416,33615,98915,68514,27915,82613,013
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections15,23117,27019,49619,70019,97518,33422,335
Total32,07533,60635,48535,38534,25434,16035,348