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City of London 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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TABLE I.

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

London, for the year ending 31st December, 1903.

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, 1902.New Barges.Condemned.No. in District, 31st Dec., 1903.
14102166151218875120331704634021689233365813410483161537101235411396828864269240231123
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1902 650,602Docks and River.No.Nationality.No.Per cent. of Total.
St. Katharine's749American20.05
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1903 —London1,436Austrian55.15
"Foreign" 15,989Regent's Canal787Belgian315.88
" Coastwise " 5,338Millwall2,318British29,44482.97
" Inland Navigation " 13,294West India2,006Danish4441.25
Premises on shore 864Poplar183Dutch6341.78
35,485East India905Egyptian1-
Total 686,087Victoria1,290Finnish9827
Total to be cleaned to 31st December, 190236,655Royal Albert2,484French287.80
Commercial1,965German1,0632.99
Total to be cleaned from 1st Jamiaru to 31st December 19033,133Tilbury2,583Greek35.09
Gravesend District3,261Italian27.07
Total39,788River—*Upper District5,289Japanese110.30
Number of vessels inspected*Middle4,408Russian202.56
in the Launches— "David Burnett"4,265* Lower4,855Spanish143.40
"Clotho"4,120Medway102Swedish & Norwegian1,7434.91
"Denton"3,447Total vessels34,621Total vessels34,621
Total11,832Shore premises864Shore premises8642.43
In the Docks, &c.23,653Total35,485Total35,485
Total35,485*Upper District extends from Limehouse to Teddington. *Middle „ „ ,, Limehouse to Erith. *Lower „ „ ,, Erith to outer limits of Port of London.
COMPARATIVE TABLE.
1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.Yearly average for the 5 years ending 31st December, 19031903.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"14,29914,56414,96616,84416,33615,401.815,989
" Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections17,35919,05215,83915,23117,27016,950.219,496
Total31,65833,61630,80532,07533,60632,352.035,485