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City of London 1923

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

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TABLE XXXVII.— General Summary, and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1923.

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, 1923.New Barges.Condemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District 31st December, 1923.
12,7301481,5653102281,564291704906294975274,281671921,253516521136153,636504701031919
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections to 31st December, 19221,332,236St. Katherine's563American239
London1,143Argentine3
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December. 1923 :—BRITISH16,834
Regent's Canal682Belgian282
Millwall1,203Brazilian4
Foreign13,040
Dutch660
West India772
Coastwise2,054Danish310
Inland Navigation6,242Poplar290Danzig23
Premises on shore3,636East India1,602Esthonian10
French93
Total 1,357,208Victoria2,059
Finnish155
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c. :—Royal Albert1,489German992
King George V.1,262Greek21
Italian19
Total to 31st December, 192286,894Commercial1,614
Iceland3
Tilbury1,218Japanese173
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19232,191
Lettish5
Gravesend DistrictNorway & Sweden1,446
River—*Upper District3,395Poland1
Total89,085„ * Middle „631Portuguese20
Russian23
Number of vessels inspected:— In the Launches—„ *Lower ,,3,413Roumanian5
„ MedwaySpanish13
Latavian2
"Lady Truscott"3,413Total Vessels21,33621,336
"James Howell"
"George Briggs"4,026Shore Premises3,636Shore Premises3,636
Total7,439Total24,972Total24,972
In the Docks, &c.17,533
Total24,972*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. *Middle „ ,, „ ,, Erith. * Lower ,, ,, ,, Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.

Yearly
Average for
1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. the 10 years
ending 31st
Dec., 1923.
Total number of Inspections
of vessels
from—
"Foreign" 13,539 12,472 10,244 8,365 8,362 11,030 11,778 11,076 12,601 13,040 11,250'7
"Coastwise," "In- 1
land Navigation," !
and other In-
spections, 24,475 22,237 19,634 20,881 20,390 18,388 15,741 14,916 13,291 11,932 18,188 5
Total 38,014 34,709 29.878 29,246 28,752 29,418 27,519 25,992 25,892 24,972 29,439.2