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 Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of
London, for the year ended 31st December, 1911.
Foreign. | Coastwise. | Inland Navigation. | Shore Premises. | Sick Seamen referred to Hospital | | Water BaRGEI. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 (food condition, 3l8t December, 1911. | Now Barffea | Condemned. | Use Discontinued. | No. in Dlatriet ales Doormember 1911 | |||
12655 | 75 | 1795 | 1360 | 6 | 233 | 2699 | •26 | 235 1 | 134 | 4 | 87 | 504 | 5 | 29 | 14139 | 92 | 426 | 1611 | 4 | 87 | 926 | 56 | 21 | 2996 | 29 | 320 | 4 | 18 | - | - | - | |||
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1910 | 942,054 | Docks and River. | No. | Nationality. | Arrived from Foreign Ports. | No. of in spections | Arrivals Per cent, of Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1911 — | St. Katharine's | 1,195 | American | - | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
London | 2,296 | Argentine | 2 | 3 | .02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austrian | 26 | 44 | .27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Foreign" 14,015 | Regent's Canal | 700 | Belgian | 353 | 371 | 3.71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Coastwise " 3,833 | Brazilian | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Inland Navi | Millwall | 2,335 | British† | 5,533 | 8,398 | 58.22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
gation " 17,180 | West India | 1,699 | Danish | 325 | 501 | 3.41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premises on shore 2,996 | Poplar | 30 | Dutch | 577 | 759 | 6.07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38,024 | Finnish | 16 | 45 | .16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 980,678 | East India | 691 | French | 151 | 187 | 1.58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | 936 | 1,204 | 9.84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Victoria | 2,532 | Greek | 8 | 40 | .08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c. :— | Royal Albert | 1 3,278 | Italian | 4 | 8 | .04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese | 55 | 112 | .57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total to 31st December, 1911 | 61,675 | Commercial | 3,032 | Roumanian | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1911 | 2,913 | Tilbury | 1,779 | Russian | 168 | 272 | 1.76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siamese | 5 | 9 | •05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gravesend District | 3,245 | Spanish | 73 | 107 | •76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 64,588 | River—*Upper District | 4,375 | Swedish & Norwegian | 1,268 | 1,949 | 13.34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of vessels inspected | *Middle „ | 3,795 | Mexican | - | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portuguese - | 1 | 3 | •01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Lady Truscott" | 1,602 | *Lower „ | 4,056 | Uruguayan - | 1 | 1 | •01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medway - | Nil. | Chilian | 1 | — | •01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" David Burnett " | 2,806 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Clotho" | 4,217 | Total vessels - | 35,028 | Total vessels- | 9,503 | 14,015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
t Coastwise and Inland | navigation | 21,013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Denton " | 3,844 | Shore premises | 2,996 | Shore premises | 2,996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 38,024 | Total | 38,024 | 99.91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 12,469 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the Docks, &c. - | 22,559 | *Upper District extends from Limehouse to Teddington. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 35,028 | *Middle „ „ „ Limehouse to Erith. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of Port of London. |
COMPARATIVE TABLE.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from— | 1902. | 1903. | 1904.' | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | Yearly average for the 10 year" ending 31st December,1911 |
"Foreign" | 16,336 | 15,989 | 15,685 | 14,279 | 13,013 | 17,971 | 15,258 | 14,887 | 13,710 | 14,015 | 15,114.3 |
" Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections | 17,270 | 19,496 | 19,700 | 19,975 | 22,335 | 19,414 | 20,014 | 125,469 | 24,857 | 24,009 | 21,254.1 |
Total | 33,606 | 35,485 | 35,385 | 34,254 | 35,348 | 37,385 | 35,272 | 40,356 | 38,567 | 38,024 | 36,368.4 |