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Port of London 1908

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

Published
1909
Pages
87
Tables
46

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46 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    STAFF. List of Officers forming the Staff of the Port of London Sanitary Authority, 31st December, 1908.
    Office.Name of Officer.Date of Appointment.
  • Page 12
    TABLE I. MEDICAL INSPECTION—GRAVESEND. From 1st January to 31st December, 1908.
    Jan.Feb.MarchAprilMayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total.
  • Page 12
    COMPARATIVE TABLE.
    GRAVESEND.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.Mean annual number for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1908.1908.
  • Page 12
    TABLE II. MEDICAL INSPECTION—SHEERNESS. From 1st January to 31st December, 1908.
    Jan.Feb.MarchAprilMayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total.
  • Page 12
    COMPARATIVE TABLE.
    SHEERNESS.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.Mean annual number for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1908.1908.
  • Page 14
    TABLE III. General -Summary, and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspection of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ending 31st December, 1908.
    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, 1907.New BargesCondemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District 31s December,1908.
  • Page 14
    COMPARATIVE TABLE.
    Total number of Inspections of vessels from—1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.Yearly average for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1908.
  • Page 15
    TABLE IV. Part I. Sanitary Works and Alterations in connection with Buildings, Premises and Vessels within the Docks, &c., completed during the year :—
    Date completed.Works.
  • Page 20
    TABLE V. INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
    Disease.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31st December, 1908.1908.
  • Page 23
    TABLE VI. (Cholera.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 24
    TABLE VII. (Y ellow F ever.)
    DateName of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 25
    TABLE VIII. (Plague .)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 28
    I had meanwhile caused a thorough search to be made of all the basements and warehouses on the North Quay, with the following results:— TABLE IX. NORTH QUAY, WEST INDIA DOCK.—Rats Caught Alive and Dead Rats Found.
    Date.WAREHOUSESTotal.
    No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.No. 4.No. 5.No. 6.No. 7.No. 8.No. 9.No. 10.No. 11.
    Caught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound DeadCaught AliveFound Dead
  • Page 30
    Your Medical Officer of Health, in conjunction with Dr. Willoughby, conducted post-mortem examinations on the bodies of dead rats which had been found, and several of them presented to the naked eye appearances of having died of Plague, whilst Professor Klein examined 13 rats with the following results:—
    No.1908.
  • Page 32
    TABLE X. Return of Rats caught and destroyed during 1908. The entire cost of destroying these rats has been borne by the Shipowners and Dock Companies.
    Jan.Feb.Mar.April.May.June.July.Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Totals.
  • Page 34
    TABLE XI. (Small -pox.)
    Date.Name of Vessel. Port of Registry and Official No.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
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    TABLE XII. (Scarlet Fever.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 36
    TABLE XIII. (Enteric Fever.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 37
    Continued from previous page...
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 38
    TABLE XIV. (M easles.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 39
    TABLE XV. (Chicken-pox.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where from.Number of Cases.How dealt with.
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    TABLE XVI. (Diphtheria.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 41
    TABLE XVII. (Erysipelas.)
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 41
    TABLE XVIII. (Continued Fever.)
    DateName of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official N umber.Where from.No. of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 42
    TABLE XIX. (B lackwater Fever).
    Date.Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number.Where fromNo. of Cases.How dealt with.
  • Page 42
    TABLE XX. (B eri-Beri).
    Date of Arrival.Name of Vessel.Where from.Number of Cases.
  • Page 43
    TABLE XXI. HOSPITAL. Number of Cases Admitted, Cost of Maintenance, &c. Patients remaining in Hospital on 31st December, 1907 1
    Admitted.Discharged.Died.Remaining under treatment.
  • Page 44
    TABLE XXII. Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1908.
    Month.Reason for Disinfection.Total Number of Disinfections.
    Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Chicken-pox.Cholera (Suspected).Continued Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Plague (Suspected).Scarlet Fever.Small-pox.Precautionary Measure.
  • Page 45
    table xxiii. Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1908.
    Month.Reason for Disinfection.Hospital Bedding, &c.Total Effects.Number of times SI earn Disinfector was used.Disinfected by Fumigation.
    Chicken-pox.Continued Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Measles.Suspected Plague.Scarlet Fever.Small-pox.Precautionary Measure.
  • Page 47
    TABLE XXIV. NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON VESSELS REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1908.
    Description of Nuisances.January.February.March.April.May.( June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Totals.
  • Page 47
    NUMBER OF NUISANCES IN THE RIVER REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1908.
  • Page 48
    TABLE XXX. NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON SHORE PREMISES REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1908.
    Description of Nuisances.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Totals.
  • Page 48
    SUMMARY.
    Smoke.Structural.Offensive Cargoes.Sewage, Drainage, &c.Miscellaneous.Total.
  • Page 48
    POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS.
    January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.Total.
  • Page 49
    TABLE XXVI. Number of Aliens arriving in the United Kingdom during the year ending 31st December, 1908.
    All Ports.London.
  • Page 49
    * Particulars of other Alien Passengers.
  • Page 50
    TABLE XXVII. Arrivals in the Port of London.
    Ships.Passengers.
    Non-Immigrant.Immigrant.Total.Non-Immigrant.Immigrant.Total.
  • Page 50
    TABLE XXVIII. Medically Rejected.
    Date.No.Sex,Age.Disease.Result of Appeal
  • Page 54
    London Central Markets Cold Storage Co., Ltd.—
    Poplar150,000
    Summary.
    Route.Ships.Carrying Capacity.
  • Page 56
    TABLE XXIX. Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed for the Year ending 31st December, 1908.
    Original packages.Sundry quantities by weight.Loose Articles.Approximate Total weight of Goods destroyed.
    MEAT—No.Description.Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.No.Description.Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
  • Page 57
    TABLE XXIXa.
    Description of Meat.1905.1906.1907.1908.Total for four years.
    Tons.cwt.lbs.qrs.Tons.cwt.qrs.lbs.Tons.cwt.qrs.lbs.Tons.cwt.qrs.lbs.Tons.cwt.qrs.lbs.
  • Page 63
    In view of the fact stated in my last Annual Report, that the purification of the Thames largely depends upon the amount of water coming over Teddington Weir, I append the figures showing the rainfall during the two years ending 31st December last, for the London District:—
    1907.Quarter.Difference from average.1908.Quarter.Difference from average.
  • Page 64
    TABLE XXX. Police Court Proceedings.
    Date.Name of Vessel.Offence.Police Court.Result.
  • Page 65
    Table XXXI.
    Launch.Total No. of working days.No. of days laid by.Total No. of vessels visited.Average daily No. of vessels visited.
  • Page 66
    Table XXXII.
    1908.Wages.Coals.Stores.Repairs, &c.Total.Average daily cost.*
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.1907.
    £s.d.
  • Page 73
    TABLE XXXIII. SUMMARY OF CANAL BOATS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1908.
    January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.TOTAL.1903.total for the year1907.
    1904.1905.1906.