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City of London 1905

[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.
12017126157222622426427412427913962521468843011437141615128529810878329134131148—241124
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1904721,472Docks and River.No.Nationality.No.Per cent, of Total
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1905 —St. Katharine's798
London1,379American601
" Foreign "14,279Eegent's Canal735Austrian1303
" Coastwise "4,137Millwall2,053Belgian32895
" Inland Navigation "14,497
West India1,766British27,76581.05
Premises on shore1,341Poplar182Danish34099
34,254East India563Dutch6741.96
Total755,726
Victoria1,521Finnish6819
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c. :— Total to 31st December, 190443,302Royal Albert1,846French26276
Commercial1,682German1,2553.66
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19053,101Tilbury2,339Greek802
Gravesend District3,670Italian7923
Total46,403River—* Upper District5,417Russian31692
Number of vessels inspected In the Launches— " David Burnett "4,293*Middle „4,819Spanish12232
* Lower „4,087Swedish & Norwegian1,6774.89
"Clotho"4,394Medway56
" Denton "4,375Total vessels32,913Total vessels32,913
Total13,062Shore premises1,341Shore premises1,3413.91
In the Docks, &c.19,851Total34,254Total34,254
Total32,913*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"14,96616,84416,33615,98915,68515,96414,279
" Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections15,83915,23117,27019,49619,70017,507.219,975
Total30,80532,07533,60635,48535,38533,471.234,254