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SANITARY INSPECTION.
The summary of the work of your Sanitary Inspectors, as regards the
number of visits paid by them, will be found in Table III., from which it
will be seen that the total number of inspections of all kinds was 38,567. Of
these, 13,710 were to vessels arriving from foreign ports—the total number of
such arrivals being 9,699.
Coastwise vessels, barges, &c., numbered 22,870, while 1,987 visits were
paid to various premises on shore.
Of the vessels visited, 2,843 required cleansing of crew's quarters, which in
every case was carried out under the supervision of the inspector concerned.
Particulars are given of the number of inspections in each dock, and also in
the river—the river for the purpose of inspection being divided into three
districts, known as the Upper, Middle, and Lower.
Of the nationality of vessels inspected, 57.67 per cent. were under the
British flag, Swedish and Norwegian coming, as usual, next in order of
number with 13.35 per cent., whilst German vessels represented 9.23 per cent.,
other nationalities showing, of course, a lesser proportion.
Table IV. gives a summary of various sanitary works carried out and in
course of construction under the supervision of your officers. This is an
important and growing part of their work.
In Tables XXXI. and XXXII. will be found details of the various classes
of nuisance which are reported upon and dealt with by the Sanitary Inspectors.
These nuisances show a total number of 3,911, and, as will be seen by
a reference to the Tables, comprise sanitary defects in great variety in
connection with both vessels and premises on shore.