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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XVII.
NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON VESSELS REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1905.
| Description of Nuisances. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of complaints received | 19 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 257 |
| Number of recurrences reported | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 19 | ||||
| Offensive Cargoes (Bye-laws):— | |||||||||||||
| Number of Infringements reported | 37 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 82 | ||
| Ventilation | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 96 | |
| Lighting | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 91 |
| Heating | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 57 | |
| Bare iron in crew's quarters | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| Leaky decks, hawsepipes, cable casings, &c. | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 116 |
| Defective bulkheads and floors | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 66 | |
| Sanitary conveniences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| Ship's gear or stores stowed in crew's quarters | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | • • • | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Foul bilges or peaks | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 84 |
| Storage of drinking water (defective or dirty tanks) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | • . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Dirty quarters | 273 | 269 | 316 | 249 | 320 | 276 | 236 | 210 | 187 | 258 | 267 | 240 | 3,101 |
| Accumulation of offensive matter | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Nuisances | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 61 |
| Totals | 372 | 336 | 376 | 316 | 422 | 375 | 337 | 246 | 234 | 380 | 390 | 311 | 4,095 |
| Total number of vessels on which structural alterations were ordered | 28 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 36 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 39 | 31 | 333 |
| Total number of vessels on which structural alterations were reported as carried out | 18 | 16 | 55 | 19 | 37 | 21 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 15 | 292 |
| NUMBER OF NUISANCES IN THE RIVER REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1905. | |||||||||||||
| From discharge of foul liquid, sewage, &c., into the River | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
| Carcasses of animals, &c., floating in the River | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | ||||||