Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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, 1905.
| Foreign. | Coastwise. | Inland Navigation. | Shore Premises. | Sick Seamen referred to Hospital, | Water Bargeb. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 1904. | New Barges. | Condemned. | No. in District, 31st Dec., 1905. | ||||
| 12017 | 126 | 1572 | 2262 | 24 | 264 | 2741 | 24 | 279 | 1396 | 25 | 214 | 688 | 4 | 30 | 11437 | 141 | 615 | 1285 | 2 | 98 | 1087 | 83 | 29 | 1341 | 31 | 148 | — | 24 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||
| Total Inspections to 31st December, 1904 | 721,472 | Docks and River. | No. | Nationality. | No. | Per cent, of Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1905 — | St. Katharine's | 798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| London | 1,379 | American | 6 | 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " Foreign " | 14,279 | Eegent's Canal | 735 | Austrian | 13 | 03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " Coastwise " | 4,137 | Millwall | 2,053 | Belgian | 328 | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " Inland Navigation " | 14,497 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West India | 1,766 | British | 27,765 | 81.05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premises on shore | 1,341 | Poplar | 182 | Danish | 340 | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34,254 | East India | 563 | Dutch | 674 | 1.96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 755,726 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria | 1,521 | Finnish | 68 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c. :— Total to 31st December, 1904 | 43,302 | Royal Albert | 1,846 | French | 262 | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | 1,682 | German | 1,255 | 3.66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1905 | 3,101 | Tilbury | 2,339 | Greek | 8 | 02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gravesend District | 3,670 | Italian | 79 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 46,403 | River—* Upper District | 5,417 | Russian | 316 | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of vessels inspected In the Launches— " David Burnett " | 4,293 | *Middle „ | 4,819 | Spanish | 122 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Lower „ | 4,087 | Swedish & Norwegian | 1,677 | 4.89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Clotho" | 4,394 | Medway | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " Denton " | 4,375 | Total vessels | 32,913 | Total vessels | 32,913 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 13,062 | Shore premises | 1,341 | Shore premises | 1,341 | 3.91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the Docks, &c. | 19,851 | Total | 34,254 | Total | 34,254 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 32,913 | *Upper 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— | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | Yearly average for tlie 5 years ending 31st December, 1904. | 1905. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Foreign" | 14,966 | 16,844 | 16,336 | 15,989 | 15,685 | 15,964 | 14,279 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections | 15,839 | 15,231 | 17,270 | 19,496 | 19,700 | 17,507.2 | 19,975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 30,805 | 32,075 | 33,606 | 35,485 | 35,385 | 33,471.2 | 34,254 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||