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City of London 1904

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

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TABLE III.

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

London, for the year ending 31st December, 1904.

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, 1903.New Barges.Condemned.No. in District, 31st Dec., 1904.
1354214417312143433112847413061446392358236301078013760989036210228649189275181l1231124
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1903686,087Docks and River.No.Nationality.No.Per cent. of Total.
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1904 —St. Katharine's793Argentina11.03
London1,514American17.05
"Foreign"15,685Regent's Canal824Austrian57.17
" Coastwise "4,293Millwall2,321Belgian266.79
" Inland Navigation "13,515
West India1,924British28,13183.99
Premises on shore1,892Poplar144Danish4841.44
35,385East India723Dutch7082.11
Total721,472Victoria1,548Finnish77.22
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c. :—Royal Albert1,971French3741.11
Total to 31st December, 190339,788Commercial1,987German1,1843.53
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19043,514Tilbury2,359Greek47.14
Gravesend District4,176Italian55.16
Total43,302River—*Upper District5,137Japanese13.08
Number of vessels inspected:— In the Launches—*Middle „3,719Russian217.64
*Lower „4,298Spanish178.53
" David Burnett "2,657
"Clotho"2,787Medway55Swedish & Norwegian1,6744.99
"Denton"4,824Total vessels33,493Total vessels33,493
Total10,268Shore premises1,892Shore premises1,8925.60
In the Docks, &c.23,225Total35,385Total -35,385
Total33,493Upper District extends from Limehouse to Teddington.
Middle ,, ,, ,, Limehouse to Erith.
Lower ,, ,, ,, Erith to outer limits of port of London.

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

Total number of Inspections of vessels from—1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.Yearly average for the 5 years ending 31st December, 1903.1904.
"Foreign"14,56414,96616,84416,33615,98915,739.815,685
" Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections19,05215,83915,23117,27019,49617,377.619,700
Total -33,61630,80532,07533,60635,48533,117.435,385