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Port of London 1909
Report for the year ended 31st December 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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TABLE XXXIII.
NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON VESSELS REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1909.
| Description of Nuisances. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Nuisances :— | |||||||||||||
| Number of complaints received | 10 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 210 |
| Number of recurrences reported | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Offensive Cargoes (Bye-laws):— | |||||||||||||
| Number of Infringements reported | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| Structural and other Defects:— | |||||||||||||
| Ventilation | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 3 | 32 |
| Lighting | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 91 |
| Heating | 7 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 65 |
| Bare iron in crew's quarters | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 |
| Leaky decks, hawse-pipes, cable casings, &c. | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 75 |
| Defective bulkheads and floors | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| Sanitary conveniences | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 29 |
| Ship's gear or stores stowed in crew's quarters | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Foul bilges and peaks | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 58 |
| Storage of drinking water (dirty or defective tanks) | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 12 |
| Dirty quarters | 219 | 236 | 226 | 200 | 289 | 314 | 253 | 265 | 209 | 245 | 304 | 383 | 3,143 |
| Accumulation of offensive matter | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| Miscellaneous Nuisances | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ... | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 27 |
| Totals | 253 | 278 | 282 | 257 | 359 | 389 | 299 | 305 | 287 | 402 | 444 | 3,819 | |
| Total number of vessels on which structural alterations were ordered | 14 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 30 | 25 | 245 |
| Total number of vessels on which structural alterations were reported as carried out | 18 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 43 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 19 | 33 | 253 |
| NUMBER OF NUISANCES IN THE RIVER REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1909. | |||||||||||||
| From discharge of foul liquid, sewage, &c. into the River | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Offensive condition of River water | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Totals | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 |