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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX A.
| Dock. | Number. | To be Cleaned. | Outward Bound. | Sick referred to Hospital. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Katharine's | 324 | 27 | — | — | ||||
| London | 802 | 56 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Regent's Canal - | 343 | 20 | 3 | — | ||||
| Millwall | 889 | 64 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| West India | 898 | 42 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Poplar | 29 | — | — | — | ||||
| East India | 374 | 10 | 21 | — | ||||
| Victoria | 603 | 70 | 39 | 4 | ||||
| Royal Albert | 1,504 | 74 | 31 | 4 | ||||
| Commercial | 871 | 88 | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Tilbury | 1,364 | 159 | 31 | — | ||||
| Gravesend District | 1,069 | 31 | 20 | — | ||||
| River * | Upper 1,906 | 6,501 | 242 | 585 | 259 | 439 | 2 | 3 |
| Middle 1,952 | 188 | 102 | 1 | |||||
| Lower 2,643 | 155 | 78. | — | |||||
| Medway | 128 | 14 | 1 | — | ||||
| Total | 15,699 | 1,240 | 626 | 28 | ||||
"The Upper District extends from Limehouse upwards.
„ Middle „ „ „ „ to Erith.
„ Lower „ „ „ Erith to the outer limits of the Port of London.
Total to 30th June, 1901 601,297
From 1st July to 31st December, 1901 Foreign 8,617 15 699
Coastwise 7,082
TOTAL 616,996
To be cleaned, &e., to 30th June, 1901 - 32,481
From 1st July to 31st December, 1901 - 1,240
TOTAL 33,721
Medically inspected at Gravesend:
From August, 1892, to 30th June, 1901 16,019
From 1st July to 31st December, 1901 604
TOTAL 16,623
Medically inspected at Sheerness:
From 1st September, 1894, to 30th June, 1901 2,015
From 1st July to 31st December, 1901 114
Total 2,129