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Port of London 1920

Report for the year ended 31st December 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London

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TABLE XXXV.— General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1920.

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, 1920.Now BargesCondemned.| Use Discontinued.No. in District 81st Deeember, 1920.|
1104650109873232111696109485311517234591826293224411811422244966407022---
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1919 - 1,252,833Docks and River.No.
St. Katherine's950
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1920 —
London1,911
Foreign11,77827,519Regent's Canal982
Coastwise1,954Millwall1,562
Inland Navigation8,821West India1,610
Premises on shore4,966Poplar186
Total
1,280,352East India1,553
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—Victoria2,382
Royal Albert1,613
Total to 31st December, 191981,561Commercial1,969
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19201,751Tilbury1,010
Total83,312Gravesend District
Number of vessels inspected:—River—*Upper District2,773
*Middle „1,039
In the Launohes—*Lower „3,013
" Lady Truscott"3,013
Total vessels22,553
" David Burnett"
" George Briggs "3,812Shore premises4,966
Total6,825Total27,519
In the Docks, &c.20,694
*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington.
Total27,519*Middle „ „ „ Greenwich to Erith.
*Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

Total number of Inspections of vessels from—1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.Yearly average for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1920.
" Foreign " -" Coastwise," " Inland14,01515,17714,42513,53912,47210,2448,3658,36211,03011,77811,940.7
Navigation," and other Inspections24,00928,03524.50124,47522,23719,63420,88120,39018,38815,74121,829.1
Total38,02443,21238,92638,01434,70929,87829,24628,75229,41827,51933,769.8