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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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |
.1382 | 184 | 1527 | 1631 | 29 | 215 | 2636 | 233 | 1282 | 42 | 175 | 736 | 10 | 36 | 13405 | 137 | 645 | 1238 | 3 | 88 | 1502 | 81 | 41 | 1537 | 41 | 249 | 4 | 24 | — | 4 | 20 | |
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1905755,726 | Docks 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's | 846 | American | 9 | 10 | .02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
London | 1,593 | Argentine | 1 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Foreign"13,013 | Regent's Canal | 691 | Austrian | 22 | 23 | .06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Coastwise"3,917 | Millwall | 2,234 | Belgian | 449 | 374 | 1.05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Inland Navigation"16,881 | West India | 1,478 | British | 5,711 | 28,7551 | 81.34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premises on shore1,537 | Poplar | 551 | Chilian | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
35,348 | East India | 494 | Danish | 232 | 294 | .83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total791,074 | Victoria | 1,844 | Dutch | 638 | 701 | 1.98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:— | Royal Albert | 1,854 | Finnish | 46 | 97 | .27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | 171 | 193 | .54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total to 31st December, 1905 46,403 | Commercial | 1,760 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19062,960 | Tilbury- | 2,573 | German | 966 | 1,194 | 3.37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gravesend District | 3,381 | Greek | 4 | 5 | .01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total49,363 | Italian | 19 | 23 | .06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
River—*Upper District | 5,487 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Middle „ | 4,754 | Japanese | 32 | 36 | .10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of vessels inspected:— In the Launches— | Russian | 211 | 312 | .88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lower „ | 4,237 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" David Burnett"4,135 | Spanish | 87 | 109 | .30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Clotho"4,327 | Medway | 34 | Swedish & Norwegian | 1,356 | 1,681 | 4.75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Denton"5,041 | Total vessels | 33,811 | Total vessels | 9,955 | 33,811 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total13,503 | Shore premises | 1,537 | Shore premises †includes "Coast wise,"&c. | - | 1,537 | 4.34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the Docks, &c.20,308 | Total | 35,348 | Total | - | 35,348 | 99.90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 33,811 | Upper 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. | 1902 | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | Yearly average for the 5 years ending 31st December, 1905. | 1906. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Foreign" | 16,844 | 16,336 | 15,989 | 15,685 | 14,279 | 15,826 | 13,013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections | 15,231 | 17,270 | 19,496 | 19,700 | 19,975 | 18,334 | 22,335 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 32,075 | 33,606 | 35,485 | 35,385 | 34,254 | 34,160 | 35,348 |