Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXXIY.
General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of
London, for the year ended 31st December, 1913.
Foreign. | Coastwise. | Inland Navigation. | Shore Premises. | Sick Seamen referred to Hospital. | Water Barges. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, 1913. | New Barges | Condemned | Use Discontinued | No. In District Slat December, 1913. | |||
13426 | 138 | 1394 | 999 | 1 | 81 | 3418 | 26 | 222 | 1343 | 13 | 78 | 300 | 2 | 35 | 12026 | 63 | 345 | 2491 | 16 | 187 | 602 | 52 | 18 | 3820 | 33 | 400 | - | 18 | 1 | l | 1 | 18 | ||
Total Inspections to 31st | Docks and River | No. | Nationality. | Arrived from Foreign Ports. | No. of inspections | Arrivals Per cent, of Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December, 1912 | 1,023,890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1913- | St. Katharine's | 1,227 | American | . | 1 | 2 | •01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Argentine | - | - | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
London | 2,085 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austrian | - | 25 | 47 | •25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Foreign" | 14,425 | Regent's Canal | 567 | Belgian | - | 352 | 375 | 3.61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Coastwise " | 4,762 | Millwall | 2,218 | Brazilian | _ | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Inland Navigation " | 15,919 | British† | 5,512 | 8,496 | 56.67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West India | 1,381 | Chilian | - | - | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premises on shore | 3,820 | Danish | _ | 303 | 455 | 3.11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poplar | 115 | Dutch | - | 603 | 745 | 6.20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38,926 | East India | 674 | Finnish | _ | 15 | 79 | •15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 1,062,816 | French | 163 | 228 | 1.67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Victoria | 2,697 | German | _ | 1,058 | 1,472 | 10.87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:— | Royal Albert | 2,252 | Greek | - | 3 | 12 | •03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | _ | 3 | 6 | •03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total to 31st December, 1912 | 67,542 | Commercial | 2,664 | Japanese | - | 58 | 107 | •59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1913 - | 2,360 | Tilbury | 1,884 | Roumanian | - | — | 6 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russian | - | 208 | 293 | 2-13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gravesend District | 2,286 | Siamese | _ | 5 | 7 | •05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 69,902 | River—*Upper District | 6,380 | Spanish | - | 49 | 63 | •50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swedish & Norwegian | 1,367 | 2,031 | 14.05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of vessels inspected: — | *Middle „ | 4,761 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | - | - | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the Launches— | *Lower „ | 3,915 | Portuguese | - | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Lady Truscott" | 2,791 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" David Burnett " | 2,637 | Medway | Nil. | Uruguayan | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Clotho" | 3,904 | Total vessels | 35,106 | Total vessels- | 9,725 | 14,425 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" Denton " | 2,682 | † Coastwise and Inland navigation | 20,681 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
" George Briggs " | 925 | Shore premises | 3,820 | Shore premises | 3,820 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 38,926 | Total | 38,926 | 99.92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 12,939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the Docks, &c. | 22,167 | *Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 35,106 | *Middle „ „ „ Greenwich to Erith. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
•Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London. |
COMPARATIVE TABLE.
Total number of Inspections ot vessels from— | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | Yearly average for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1913. |
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" Foreign " - | 15,685 | 14,279 | 13,013 | 17,971 | 15,258 | 14,887 | 13,710 | 14,015 | 15,177 | 14,425 | 14,842.0 |
" Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections | 19,700 | 19,975 | 22,335 | 19,414 | 20,014 | 25,469 | 24,857 | 24,009 | 28,035 | 24,501 | 22,830.9 |
Total | 35,385 | 34,254 | 35,348 | 37,385 | 35,272 | 40,356 | 38,567 | 38,024 | 43,212 | 38,926 | 37,672.9 |