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Port of London 1907

[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, 1907.

FOREIGN.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamen referred to Hospital.Water Barges.
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 December, 1906.New BargesCondemned.Old Barges Refitted.No. in District 31st December, 1907.
1192315115702150242422976552679492416596764613168113521213081661433754216897531720l21
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1906791,074Docks and River.No.Nationality.Arrived from Foreign Ports.No. of inspections.Arrivals, Percent. of Total
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1907St. Katharine's829American611.06
London1,713Argentine1†-
"Foreign"14,073Regent's Canal709Austrian2021.20
"Coastwise"3,925
"Inland Navigation"17,698Millwall2,225Belgian3673673.80
West India2,021British5,74212,708†59.57
Premises. on shore1,68937,385Poplar312Danish2363632.44
East India451Dutch5956356.17
Total -
828,459
Victoria1,868Finnish2629.26
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—Royal Albert2,102French1722671.78
Total to 31st December, 190649,363Commercial1,928German8691,1949.01
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19073,019Tilbury2,487Greek37.03
Gravesend District3,258Italian1927.19
Total52,382River—* Upper District5,842Japanese5771.59
Number of vessels inspected:—*Middle „5,169Russian2063752.13
In the Launches— "David Burnett"4,219*Lower „4,755Spanish80108.82
MedwaySwedish &1,2411,78712.87
"Clotho"5,180Norwegian
"Denton"5,420
Total vessels35,669Total vessels9,63917,971
Total14,819Shore premises1,716† Coastwise and Inland navigation17,698
Shore premises1,716
In the Docks, &c.20,850Total37,385Total37,38599.92
Total35,669* 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—1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.Yearly average for .the 10 years ending 31st December, 1907.1907.
"Foreign"14,29914,56414,96616,84416,33615,98915,68514,27913,01315,394.617,971
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections17,35919,05215,83915,23117,27019,49619,70019,97522,33518,567.119,414
Total31,65833,61630,80532,07533,60635,48535,38534,25435,34833,961.737,385