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Port of London 1908

[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, 1908.

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, 1907.New BargesCondemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District 31s December,1908.
13225111162920332225627113824010052516963852511353735451514513511688132162531173-21--120
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1907828,459Docks and River.No.Nationality.Arrived from Foreign Ports.No. of inspections.Arrivals. Per cent. of Total.
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1908 —St. Katharine's834American111711
London1,699Argentine5†
"Foreign"15,258Regent's Canal696Austrian2439•25
"Coastwise"3,716Millwall2,340Belgian3493373.65
" Inland Navigation "14,673West India1,925British5,5709,7S9†58.26
Premises on shore1,625Poplar103Danish2974363.10
35,272East India495Dutch5886116.14
Total863,731Victoria1,842Finnish2867.29
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—Royal Albert1,925French1522611.59
Total to 31st December, 190752,382Commercial2,031German8761,1839.18
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19083,204Tilbury2,564Greek15.01
Gravesend District2,697Italian1820.18
Total55,586River—* Upper District5,765Japanese60100•62
Number of vessels inspected: —* Middle „3,810Mexican1•01
In the Launches—* Lower „4,910Russian1813951.89
" David Burnett "4,371Medway11Spanish7398•76
"Clotho"4,416Swedish & Norwegian f1,3301,88513.90
'' Denton "4,813Total vessels33,647Total vessels9.55915,258
Total13,200Shore premises1,625t Coastwise and Inland navigation18,389
Shore premises1,625
In the Docks, &c.20,447Total35,272Total35,27299.94
Total33,647*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—1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.Yearly average for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1908.
Foreign"14,56414,96616,84416,33615,98915,68514,27913,01317,97115,25815,490.5
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections19,05215,83915,23117,27019,49619,70019,97522,33519,41420,01418,832.6
Total33,61630,80532,07533,60635,48535,38534,25435,34837,38535,27234,323.1