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Port of London 1910

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

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TABLE III.

G enekal S ummary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of

London, for the year ended 31st December, 1910.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamen referred to Hospital.Water Barges.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Lighters (uninhabitedCanal Boats.
Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned.Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned.Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned.Inspected.DefectivesTo 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, 1909.New BargesCondemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District 31st December, 1910.
1213710514961573122483187252921435111355818•2414967585761792255 9083217198'70263815---
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1909904,087Docks and River.No.Nationality.Arrived | from Foreign | Ports.No. of inspections.Arrival s. Per cent, of Total.
St. Katharine's1,150American4
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1910
London2,380Argentine11.01
"Foreign" - 13,710Austrian2134.21
" Coastwise " - 4,622Regent's Canal762Belgian3974104.09
" Inland Navigation " - 18,248Millwall2,057Brazilian
West India1,485British5,5948,012†57.67
Premises on shore - - 1,98738,567Poplar48Danish3806173.09
Dutch -6096976.27
Total942,654East India685Finnish3854.39
Victoria2,552French1441901.48
Cleansing of Crew's Quar ters, &c.:-Royal Albert2,428German8961,1979.23
Total to 31st December, 191058,832Commercial3,935Greek1456.14
Italian820.08
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19102,843Tilbury1,656Japanese63107.64
Gravesend District3,042Portuguese -1.01
Total61,675River—* Upper District5,163Russian1823621.87
*Middle „4,399Siamese516.05
Number of vessels inspected:-In the Launches—Spanish4779.48
" David Burnett "4,259* Lower „4,838Swedish & \1,2951,85813.35
Norwegian j
"Clotho"4,810Medway
" Denton"4,629Total vessels36,580Total vessels9.69913,710
Shore premises1,987† Coastwise and Inland navigation22,870
Total13,698Shore premises1.987
Total38,567Total38,56799.06
In the Docks, &c.22,882
Total36,580*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—1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.Yearly average for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1910
"Foreign"16,84416,33615,98915,68514,27913,01317,97115,25814,88713,71015,397.2
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections15,23117,27019,49619,70019,97522,33519,41420,01425,46924,85720,376.1
Total32,07533,60635,48535,38534,25435,34837,38535,27240,35638,56735,773.3