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Port of London 1914

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

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TABLE XXXIII.

General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1914.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamen referred to Hospital.Water Barges.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Lighters (uninhabited).Canal Boats.
I nspected.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, 1914.New BargesCondemned.Use Discontinued.no. in District laltDeeember, 1914.
1279811213977417773149332191660276843831812642923042168110957553224023324721161-17
Docks and River.No.Nationality.Arrived from Foreign Ports.No. of inspectionsArrivals Per cent, of Total.
total inspections to 31st December, 19131,062,816St. Katharine's1,082American12.01
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1914London2,040Argentine-1
Austrian1639.19
" Foreign "13,539Regent's Canal807Belgian3083993.79
Brazilian1.01
" Coastwise "Millwall1,734Britishf4,5868,31756.49
" Inland Navigation "20,452West India1,268Chilian1
Poplar165Danish2143242.63
Premises on shore4,02338,014Dutch6649588..18
East India589Finnish952.11
French1662352.04
Total1,100,830Victoria2,993German6338807.79
Royal Albert2,023Greek2155.25
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c. :—Italian2139.25
Commercial3,828Japanese55163.67
Total to 31st December, 191369,902Tilbury1,751Mexican13.01
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19142,693Portuguese11.01
Gravesend District350Roumanian
River—* Upper District5,971Russian1121981.37
Total72,595Siamese26.02
*Middle „4,008Spanish5082.61
Number of vessels inspected :— In the Launohes—*Lower „5,382Uruguayan
Swedish & Norwegian1,2561,78415.47
" Lady Truscott"1,809MedwayNil.
" David Burnett "3,141Total vessels -33,991Total vessels-8.11713,539
" George Briggs "5,341Shore premises4,023† Coastwise and Inland navigation20,452
"Clotho"2,371Shore premises4,023
Total12,662Total38,014Total38,01499.90
In the Docks, &c.21,329*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington.
Total33,991*Middle „ „ „ Greenwich to Erith.
*Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

Total number of Inspections of vessels from—1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.Yearly average for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1914
" Foreign "14,27913,01317,97115,25814,88713,71014,01515,17714,42513,53914,627.4
" Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections19,97522,33519,41420,01425,46924,85724,00928,03524,50124,47523,308.4
Total34,25435,34837,38535,27240,35638,56738,02443,21238,92638,01437,935.8