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 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 good condition 31st December, 1921. | New Barges. | Condemned. | Use Discontinued. | No. in District 31st December, 1921. | |
12,393 | 185 | 1,306 | 208 | 6 | 19 | 1,557 | 30 | 125 | 470 | 7 | 21 | 443 | 7 | 19 | 5,277 | 57 | 289 | 1,489 | 4 | 115 | 182 | 32 | 4 | 3,873 | 47 | 486 | 36 | 17 | l | - | l | 19 |
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1921 1,306,344 Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1922:— | Docks and River. | No. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Katherine's | 670 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
London | 1,300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign | 12,601 | Regent's Canal | 732 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastwise | 2,027 | Millwall | 1,401 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inland Navigation | 7,391 | West India | 1,020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25,892 | Poplar | 250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 1,332,236 | East India | 1,567 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Victoria | 2,046 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleansing of Crew s Quarters, &c. :— | Royal Albert | 1,818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total to 31st December, 1921 | 84,996 | King George V. | 1,024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1922 | 1,898 | Commercial | 1,634 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tilbury | 1,189 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 86,894 | Gravesend District | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of vessels inspected:— | River—*Upper District | 3,472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the Launches— | *Middle „ | 899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Lady Truscott " | 2,997 | ,, *Lower ,, | 2,997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" David Burnett " | Total Vessels | 22,019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" George Briggs " | 4,371 | Shore Premises | 3,873 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 7,368 | Total | 25,892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the Docks, &c. | 18,524 | * Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 25,892 | *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. | |
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Total number of Inspections of vessels from— "Foreign" | 14,425 | 13,539 | 12,472 | 10,244 | 8,365 | 8,362 | 11,030 | 11,778 | 11,076 | 12,601 | 11,389.2 |
" Coastwise " " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections | 24,501 | 24,475 | 22,237 | 19,634 | 20,881 | 20,390 | 18,388 | 15,741 | 14,916 | 13,291 | 19,445.4 |
Total | 38,926 | 38,014 | 34,709 | 29,878 | 29,246 | 28,752 | 29,418 | 27,519 | 25,992 | 25,892 | 30,834.6 |
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