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DON SANITARY OFFICES.
GREENWICH, S.E.
TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE PORT OF LONDON
SANITARY COMMITTEE.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my first Half-yearly Report, and,
as you are aware, it will be the last of that series which have been presented
bi-annually by your Medical Officers since 1873.
In future the Report will be presented annually, in addition to a printed
Report for each month.
During this period 15,699 visits of inspection have been made to vessels of
all classes : 6,629 lying in the River (including the mouth of the Medway),
and 9,070 in the various Docks at the time of inspection.
Of these, 1,240 (equal to 7.8 percent.) required cleansing, and the usual
Notices were given and complied with.
Of the total number, 8,617 were from "foreign,"and 7,082" coastwise."
Of the total number, 12,636 (equal to 80.48 percent.) carried the British
flag, the Norwegian coming next in order of number with 1,333 (equal to
8.49 percent.).
Twenty-eight sick seamen were referred to Seamen's Hospital on account
of non-infectious disease.
In Appendix F will be found a record of 177 structural alterations carried
out on vessels for the improvement of their sanitary condition.
These alterations, which affect 142 vessels, were in 58 cases for the
improvement of ventilation; in 110 for increased lighting and heating ; and
nine involved arrangements for the carriage and storage of drinking water.
Appendix G gives particulars of 171 alterations, involving 102 vessels,
which have been ordered, but which are not yet reported as carried out.