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Port of London 1912

Report for the year ended 31st December 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London

Published
1913
Author
Williams, Herbert.
Pages
100
Tables
78

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    STAFF. List of Officers forming the Staff of the Port of London Sanitary Authority, 31st December, 1912.
    Office.Name of Officer.Date of Appointment.
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    TABLE I. MEDICAL INSPECTION—GRAVESEND. From 1st January to 31st December, 1912.
    Jan.Feb.MarchAprilMayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total.
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    COMPARATIVE TABLE.
    GRAVESEND.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.Mean annual number for the 10 years ending 31st December 1912.1912.
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    TABLE II. MEDICAL INSPECTION—SHEERNESS. From 1st January to 31st December, 1912.
    Jan.Feb.MarchAprilMayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total.
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    COMPARATIVE TABLE.
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    TABLE III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
    Disease.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.191 .Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31st December. 1912.1912.
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    TABLE IV. Return of the Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified to the Local Government Board during the Year 1912, and of Deaths from the Diseases Notified : —
    Notified.Deaths.
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    TABLE V. (Cholera.)
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    TABLE VI. (Plague.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official No.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with
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    The entire cost of destroying these rats has been borne by the Shipowners and Dock Companies.
    Jan.Feb.Mar.April.May.June.July.Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Totals.
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    Total from February, 1901, to 31st December, 1911 695,282
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    The cases occurred on vessels arriving from foreign ports, in the following proportion:—
    European Ports28Russia42.8 per cent.
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    The nationalities of the patients were as follows:—
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    TABLE VIII. Enteric F ever.
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    TABLE IX. (Typhus Fever.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    TABLE X. (Small-pox.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    TABLE XI. (Measles.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    TABLE XII. (German Measles.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of cases.How dealth with.
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    TABLE XIII. (Scarlet Fever.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
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    Table XII. (German measles.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    TABLE XV. (Diphtheria.)
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    Boys join every fortnight and new boys are kept in a Mess by themselves for 14 days. The number of boys on the ship on the last day of each month was as follows :—
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    The following table indicates the number of cases notified in each year since 1900. It will be seen that sporadic cases occurred after the removal to Greenhithe, but that with the exception of the year 1908, when 10 cases were notified, there was no outbreak until 1912.
    Year.Number of cases.Year.Number of cases
    ''Warspite.'"Arethusa.""Worcester.""Warspite.""Arethusa.""Worcester."
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    TRAINING SHIP "WARSPITE."Diphtheria.
    Date of Notification.Onset of Disease.Mess.Initials of Patient.Hammock Slinging.
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    TABLE XVI. (Chicken-Pox.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
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    TABLE XVII. (Continued Fever.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    Table XVIII. (Mumps.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    I herewith give a record of the cases of this disease met with. Ten vessels have reported 38 cases during the voyage:—
    Date of Arrival.Name of Vessel.Where from.N umber of Cases.
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    TABLE XX. (Pulmonary Tuberculosis.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    TABLE XXL Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1912.
    Month.Reason for Disinfection.Hospital Bedding, &c.Total Effects.Number of times Steam Disinfeotor was used.Disinfected by Fumigation.
    Cholera.Chicken-pox.Continued Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Suspected Plague.Remittent Fever.Scarlet Fever.Small-pox.Precautionary measure.
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    TABLE XXII. Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1912.
    Month.Reason for Disinfection.Total Number of Disinfections.
    Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Chicken-pox.Cholera.Continued Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Beri-Beri.Measles.Mumps.Plague (Suspected).Remittent Fever.Scarlet Fever.Small-pox.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Precautionary Measure.Whooping Cough.
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    TABLE XXIII ALIEN PASSENGERS. LONDON.
    Total.Cabin.Exempt 2nd Class Passengers.Transmigrants.Other alien passengers.Proceeding to destinations outside the United Kingdom.Holiday return tickets.Seamen.Refused leave to land.Residents returning.Balance.Totals.
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    TABLE XXIV. Arrivals in the Port of London.
    Ships.Alien Passengers on
    Non Immigrant.ImmigrantTotal.NonImmigrant Ships.Immigrant Ships.Total.
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    TABLE XXV. HOSPITAL.
    Admitted.Discharged,Died.Remaining under treatment
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    TABLE XXVI. Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed for the Year ending 31st December, 1912.
    Original packages.Sundry quantities by weight.Loose Articles.Approximate Total weight of Goods destroyed.
    No.Description.Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.No.Description.Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
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    TABLE XXVII. Description of Meat Destroyed.
    Year.Beef.Mutton.Veal, Pork, Offal.Tinned.Smoked and Salted, &c.Total.
    Tonscwts.qrs.lbs.Ton.cwtsqrslbs.Tons cwtqrs.lbs.Tonscwts.qrs.lbs.Tonsacts.qrs.lbs.Tonscwts.qrs.lbs.
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    TABLE XXVIII. The following is a list of pig-carcases found during the year to be affected with tuberculosis. They were seized as unfit for food and destroyed :—
    Date.Name of Vessel.Where from.Where lying.Number of Carcases.
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    TABLE XXIX. PUBLIC HEALTH (FOREIGN MEAT) REGULATIONS, 1908. During the year Notices were served under Article III. (5) and VI. of the above-mentioned Regulations, requiring the exportation of the following meat :—
    Date of Arrival.Name of Vessel.Where from.Where lying.Description and quantity of foreign meat in respect of which Notices were served.
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    TABLE XXX. PUBLIC HEALTH (FOREIGN MEAT) REGULATIONS, 1908. During the year Certificates were issued under Article III. (5) of the above-mentioned Regulations in respect of the undermentioned meat : —
    Date.Name of Vessel.Where from.Where lying.Description and quantity of foreign meat in respect of which Certificates were issued.
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    Date.Name of Vessel.Where from.Where lying.Description and quantity of foreign meat in respect of which Certificates were issued.
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    Date.Name of Vessel.Where from.Where lying.Description and quantity of foreign meat in respect of which Certificates were issued.
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    Date.Name of Vessel.Where from.Where lying.Description and quantity of foreign meat in respect of which Certificates were issued.
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    The Offal seized and destroyed amounted to 19 tons 10 cwts. 0 qrs. 10 lbs. which was made up as follows :—
    Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
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    The following table shows the result of the examination of certain consignments of Livers. TABLE XXXI.
    Date.Name of Vessel.Where from.Where lying.No. of diseased or unsound livers seized.Percentage of whole consignment
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    FISH. The following is a list of the Fish seized and destroyed:—
    Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
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    FRUIT. The fruit destroyed as unfit for food was as follows:—
    Apples— 160 boxes, 85 barrels, a quantityTons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
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    DRIED FRUIT.
    Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
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    Fresh . These consisted of 2,619 bags and 7½ cwts. of loose onions, total weight being 106 tons 6 cwts. 2 qrs. 0 lbs.
    Preserved comprisedTons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
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    PROVISIONS. The provisions seized and destroyed were as follows:—
    Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
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    The total quantity dealt with during the year was:—
    Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Lbs.
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    TABLE XXXII. General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1912.
    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, 31 at December, 1912.New BargesCondemned.Use Discontinued.No. In District Slat december, 1913.
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    COMPARATIVE TABLE.
    Total number of Inspections of vessels from—1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.Yearly average for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1912
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    TABLE XXXIII. NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON VESSELS REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1912.
    Description of Nuisances.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Totals.
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    TABLE XXXIV. NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON SHORE PREMISES REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1912.
    Description of Nuisances.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.(September.October.November.December.Totals.
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    SUMMARY.
    Smoke.Structural.Offensive Cargoes.Drainage, Sewage, &c.MiscellaneousTotals.
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    TABLE XXXV. Part I.
    Date completed.Works.
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    Part II. Sanitary Works and alterations, not yet reported as completed :—
    Date Plan submitted.Works.
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    TABLE XXXVI. OFFENSIVE CARGOES. Forty-four cases of infringement of the above-mentioned bye-laws were reported during the year. In each case written notice was sent to the owrners of the barges concerned:—
    Date.Name of Vessel.Infringement.
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    Offensive Cargoes— continued.
    Date.Name of Vessel.Infringement.
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    TABLE XXXVII. POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS.
    January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Total.
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    The following boats were found, on inspection, to be unregistered within the meaning of the Act.:-
    Date.Name of Boat.Registration Authority.Reason for Registration or Re-registration.
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    Absence of certificate was found in the following cases, a complaint being sent to the owners. In the case of the boats marked * information was received that the Certificates were subsequently placed on board :—
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    In the following cases, the Certificates produced did not identify the owner with the boat:—
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    (d) Marking. The following boats were found infringing in this respect : —
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    The following boats were found to require cleansing, and those on which the necessary improvement was made are marked accordingly*:—
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    (A) Ventilation. The following boats were found to require better ventilation, or some repair Those in which the alterations have been made, are noted*:—
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    ( i ) Painting. Seventeen boats were found to require painting with regard to the interior of the cabin— which was done in the cases marked *.
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    (j) Provision of Water Cask. The following boats were not provided with proper vessel for containing water for drinking. In only two cases have I received information that this has been done:—
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    ( k ) Removal of Bilge Water. In the following 3 cases, the bilges were found to be in a filthy condition:—
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    TABLE XXXVIII. SUMMARY OF CANAL BOATS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 st DECEMBER, 1912.
    January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.TOTAL.1907.total 1908.for the 1909.year 1910.1911
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    ADMINISTRATION OF THE PORT OF LONDON (PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1891). Dr. REVENUE ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st December, 1912. Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.