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Port of London 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Article XXVI. of the Regulations of the Local Government Board as to Cholera.
Yellow Fever and Plague, dated September 9th, 1907, states that:—
"The Master of a ship, or any other person, shall answer truly all such
"questions put to him by, and give all such information to, any Officer of Customs
"or Medical Officer of Health as are necessary for any purpose of this Order."
The offence of the Master consisted in not answering truly the questions put to
him by an Officer of Customs, and by an Assistant Medical Officer of the Port of
London Sanitary Authority. The penalty for the breach of these Regulations is one
not exceeding 100/. The magistrate considered the case proved, and inflicted a fine
of 10/. and 61. 0s. 6d. costs.
The Master appealed, and the fine was reduced to 5l. and 71. 1s. 6d. costs.
Table XXXIV.
STEAM LAUNCHES.
Number of working days for the three years ended 31st December, 1911, and the number of vessels visited.
| Launch. | Total No. of working days. | No. of days laid by. | Total No. of vessels visited. | Average daily No. of vessels visited. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | |
| "Lady Truscott" | — | — | 112 | — | — | 253 | — | — | 1,602 | — | 143 | |
| "David Burnett" | 246 | 242 | 217 | 129 | 123 | 148 | 4,558 | 4,838 | 2806 | 18.5 | 19.9 | 129 |
| "Clotho" | 268 | 276 | 291 | 97 | 89 | 74 | 4,880 | 4,399 | 4.217 | 18.2 | 15.9 | 148 |
| "Denton" | 275 | 265 | 213 | 90 | 100 | 152 | 5,476 | 5,163 | 2,844 | 19.9 | 19.4 | 133 |
Cost of upkeep for year ended 31st December, 1911, with average daily cost for 3 years.
| 1911. | Wages. | Coals. | Stores. | Repairs &c. | Total. | Average daily cost.* | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | |||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||||||||
| "Lady Truscott" | 134 | 8 | 0 | 100 | 12 | 6 | 70 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 312 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 2 | 15 | 9 | ||||
| "David Burnett'' | 414 | 3 | 0 | 120 | 1 | 6 | 51 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 624 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 |
| "Clotho" | 297 | 7 | 4 | 86 | 15 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 460 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| "Denton" | 225 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 315 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| Total | 1,071 | 6 | 10 | 339 | 7 | 0 | 174 | 5 | 9 | 128 | 5 | 3 | 1,713 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 |
* Calculated on the number of "working" days
The s.s. "Lady Truscott" has worked satisfactorily during the year, and haproved
a good and safe sea boat in rough weather; the "David Burnett" is in fair
condition, but the two smaller launches show signs of age and wear, and during the
year the question of repairing one and replacing the other should receive the careful
consideration of your Worshipful Committee.