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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 III.

General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspection of Vessels, &c., in the Port of

London, for the year ending 31st December, 1909.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamen referred to Hospital.Water Barges.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.(uninhabited). Canal Boats.
Inspected. 1Defective.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, 1900.New BargesCondemned.Use Discontinued,No. in District 31st December, 1909.
12910841355197715338382028304169816155529-291516074711145421041432982513732222520l3315
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1908863,731Dock and RiverNo.NationalityArrive from Foreign portNo. of in spectionsArrive percent of Total
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1909 —St. Katharine's1,060American56.05
London2,222Argentine311.03
" Foreign "14,887Regent's Canal806Austrian2635.27
" Coastwise "5,518Belgian3803903.96
" Inland Navigation "18,575Millwall2,199Brazilian-1
West India1,981British5,6088,974†58.59
Premises on shore1.376Poplar130Danish3105003.23
40,356Dutch -6067416.33
Total904,087East India570Finnish3177.32
Victoria2,638French1602291.67
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters. &c.:—Royal Albert2,734German8431,1708.80
Total to 31st December, 190855,586Commercial3,686Greek810.08
Italian44.04
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19093,246Tilbury1,740Japanese74115.77
Gravesend District3,128Roumanian12.01
Total58,832River—*Upper District6,227Russian1804281.88
*Middle „5,446Siamese47.04
Number of vessels inspected:—
Spanish77111.70
In the Launches—
*Lower „4,412Swedish &1,2512,07613.07
" David Burnett"4,558
Medway1Norwegian
"Clotho"4,880
"Denton"5,476Total vessels38,980Total vessels-9,57114,887
Shore premises1,376t Coastwise and Inland navigation24,093
Total14,914Shore premises1,376
Total40,356Total -40,35699-84
In the Docks, &c.24,066
Total38,980•Upper District extends from Limehouse to Teddington. •Middle „ „ „ Limehouse to Erith. •Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of Port of London.
COMPARATIVE TABLE.
total number of Inspections of vessels from—1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.19071908.1909Yearly average or the 10 years ending 31st December, 1909.
"Foreign"14,96616,84416,33615,98915,68514,27913,01317,97115,25814,88715,522.8
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections15,83915,23117,27019,49619,70019,97522,33519,41420,01425,46919,474.3
Total30,80532,07533,60635,48535,38534,25435,34837,38535,27240,35634,997.1