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City of London 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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TABLE XXXIII.— General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1922.

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, 1921.New Barges.Condemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District 31st December, 1921.
12,3931851,3062086191,557301254707214437195,277572891,48941151823243,873474863617l-l19
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1921 1,306,344 Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1922:—Docks and River.No.
St. Katherine's670
London1,300
Foreign12,601Regent's Canal732
Coastwise2,027Millwall1,401
Inland Navigation7,391West India1,020
25,892Poplar250
Total1,332,236East India1,567
Victoria2,046
Cleansing of Crew s Quarters, &c. :—Royal Albert1,818
Total to 31st December, 192184,996King George V.1,024
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19221,898Commercial1,634
Tilbury1,189
Total86,894Gravesend District
Number of vessels inspected:—River—*Upper District3,472
In the Launches—*Middle „899
" Lady Truscott "2,997,, *Lower ,,2,997
" David Burnett "Total Vessels22,019
" George Briggs "4,371Shore Premises3,873
Total7,368Total25,892
In the Docks, &c.18,524* Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington.
Total25,892*Middle „ ,, „ , Erith.
*Lower ,, „ ,, Erith to outer limits of the Port of London

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

1913.1914.1915.1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.1922.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1922.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from— "Foreign"14,42513,53912,47210,2448,3658,36211,03011,77811,07612,60111,389.2
" Coastwise " " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections24,50124,47522,23719,63420,88120,39018,38815,74114,91613,29119,445.4
Total38,92638,01434,70929,87829,24628,75229,41827,51925,99225,89230,834.6

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