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PORT LONDON SANITARY OFFICES,
51, KING WILLIAM STREET,
GREENWICH, S.E.
TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE PORT OF LONDON
SANITARY COMMITTEE.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present herewith my Annual Report for the
year ended 31st December, 1907, being the sixth of the series.
As in former years, I have relied upon statistical tables as the most
satisfactory method of illustrating the amount and progress of the work, and
the results for the past year are quite satisfactory.
A noticeable feature is the continued shrinkage of the number of vessels
arriving in London from foreign ports.
It will be seen on referring to Table I. that this reduction has been
going on steadily for some years.
It has to be borne in mind, however, that although the actual number has
decreased, the tonnage has increased, and therefore, at present at least, the
former larger number of relatively smaller vessels has given way to a smaller
number of vessels of a larger type
There is an apparent falling off in the number of coastwise and Inland
Navigation inspections, though the number will be seen to approximate closely
to the average. It is due to the fact that in 1906 there was a substantial
increase owing to an extra number of this class of vessel entering the Port.
The improvement in the sanitary condition of this class of vessel, referred
to in my last Report, continues to be maintained, and there is no question
but that there is a general waking up in this direction.