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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 XXXVI.
STEAM LAUNCHES.
Number of working days for the three years ending 31st December, 1909, 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. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | |
| "David Burnett" | 319 | 237 | 46 | 129 | 4,219 | 4,371 | 13.2 | 18.4 | ||||
| "Clotho" | 329 | 272 | 36 | 94 | 5,180 | 4,416 | 15.7 | 16.2 | ||||
| "Denton" | 324 | 255 | 41 | 111 | 5,420 | 4,813 | 16.7 | 18.2 | ||||
Table XXXYII.
STEAM LAUNCHES.
Cost of upkeep for year ending 31st December, 1909, with average daily cost for 3 years.
| 1909. | Wages. | Coals. | Stores. | Repairs, &c. | Total. | Average daily cost.* | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| "David Burnett" | 435 | 8 | 6 | 115 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 632 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | |
| "Clotho" | 275 | 2 | 6 | 82 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 420 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| "Denton" | 258 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 1 | 359 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 968 | 11 | 0 | 241 | 6 | 2 | 98 | 12 | 2 | 104 | 3 | 3 | 1,412 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
* Calculated on the number of " working " days.