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

City of London 1915

Published: 1916
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STAFF. L ist of O fficers forming the S taff of the P ort of L ondon S anitary A uthority, 31 st D ecember, 1915.

Office. Name of Officer. Date of Appointment to Present Position. Condition as to Military Service. (See footnote.)
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TABLE I. MEDICAL INSPECTION—GRAVESEND. From 1st January to 31st December, 1915.

Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total.
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COMPARATIVE TABLE.

GRAVESEND. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. Mean annual number for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1915. 1915.
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Total number medically inspected at Gravesend—
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TABLE II. MEDICAL INSPECTION—SHEERNESS. From 1st January to 31st December, 1915.

Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total.
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COMPARATIVE TABLE.

SHEERNESS. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. Mean annual number for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1915. 1915.
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Total number medically inspected at Sheerness—
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TABLE III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

Disease. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. Mean annual number for 10 years ending 31st December. 1915. 1915.
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TABLE IV. Return of the Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified to the Local Government Board during the Year 1915, and of Deaths from the Diseases Notified : —

Notified. Deaths.
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NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING 1915.

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TABLE Y. Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1915.

Month.	Reason for Disinfection.																	Total Number of Disinfections.
Month.	Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.	Chicken-pox.	Cholera.	Continued Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Erysipelas.	Beri-Beri.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Plague.	Remittent Fever.	Scarlet Fever.	Small-pox.	Pulmonary Tuberculosis, &c.	Precautionary Measure.	Vessels Fumigated andS prayed.	Total Number of Disinfections.

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TABLE VI. Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1915.

Month.	Reason for Disinfection.														Hospital Bedding, &c.	Total Effects.	Number of times Steam Disinfector was used.	Disiufeeted by Fumigation.
Month.	Cholera.	Chicken-pox.	Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.	Continued Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Pulmonary Tuberculosis, &c.	Plague.	Remittent Fever.	Scarlet Fever.	Small-pox.	Precautionary measure. 1	Hospital Bedding, &c.	Total Effects.	Number of times Steam Disinfector was used.	Disiufeeted by Fumigation.

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TABLE VII. (C holera.)

Date. Name of Vessel. Port of Registry and Official No. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE VIII. R eturn of R ats caught and destroyed during 1915. The entire cost of destroying these rats has been borne by the Shipowners and Dock Companies.

Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. JuDe. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Totals.
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TABLE IX. RETURN OF RATS EXAMINED BACTEBIOLOGICALLY, 1915.

Dock. No. Trapped. Found Dead. Infected Eats:
Trapped. Found Dead.
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S ummary—
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S pecies—
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TABLE X. (Small-pox.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with,
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Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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The following Table gives particulars of vaccination, rash, &c.:—

Age. Rash. Vaccination. Nature of Rash. Remarks.
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TABLE XI. (S carlet F ever.)

Date. Name of Vessel. Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases How dealt with.
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TABLE XII, (Diphtheria.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. Number of cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XIII. (Enteric Fever.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XIV. (Measles.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XV. (German Measles.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. Number of Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XVI. (Erysipelas.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XVII. (Continued Fever.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XVIII. (Pulmonary Tuberculosis.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry,.and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with,
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Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of . Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XIX. (Miners' Phthisis.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XX. Tuberculosis (other than Pulmonary).

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XXL (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 XXII. (Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.)

t Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases, How dealt with.
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TABLE XXIII. (Mumps.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No. of Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XXIV. (Blackwater Fever.)

Date. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. No of Cases. How dealt with.
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TABLE XXV. (Beri-Beri.)

Date of Arrival. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Where from. Number of Cases.
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Cases of Illness, &c., other than Dangerous Infectious Disorders reported on Incoming Vessels during 1915.
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TABLE XXYI. HOSPITAL. Number of Cases Admitted, Cost of Maintenance, &c.

Admitted. Discharged, Died Remaining ider treatment.

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TABLE XXVII. Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed for the Year ending 31st December, 1915.

	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.

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TABLE XXYIII. Description oe Meat Destroyed.

Year.	Beef.				Mutton.				Veal, Pork, Offal.				Tinned.				Smoked and Salted, &c.				Total.
	Tons	cwts.	qrs.	lbs.	Tons	cwts	qrs	lbs.	Tons	cwts.	qr	s. lbs.	Tons	cwts.	qrs.	lbs.	Tons	cwts	qrs	lbs.	Tons	cwts.	qrs.	lbs.

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The total arrivals of frozen and chilled beef was 5,632,105 quarters, compared Avith|5,788,147 quarters in 1914, being a decrease of 156,042 quarters.
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The number of quarters discharged from vessels in the Port of London was :—
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The total importations of frozen Mutton and Lamb into the United Kingdom during 1915 amounted to 12,191,361 carcases.
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The total number of carcases discharged from vessels in the Port of London was :—
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The seizures were made for the following reasons :—

From. Tuberculosis. Putrid.
Carcases. Heads. Carcases. Pieces.
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OFFAL. The offal seized and destroyed comprised :—

Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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TINNED MEATS. The tinned meats seized and destroyed comprised:—

Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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SMOKED AND SALTED. This class of meat, destroyed as unsound, consisted of :—

Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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FISH. The fish of all kinds seized and destroyed totalled only 4 tons 4 cwts. 3 qrs 18 lbs., compared with upwards of 22 tons in the previous year, and included :—

Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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FRUIT (Green). The goods seized under this heading show an increase of upwards of 168 tons, compared with the previous year, and comprised :—

Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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FRUIT ( Dried). The total quantity of this class of goods seized and destroyed was 87 tons 12 cwts. 2 qrs. 14 lbs., made up as follows :—

Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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FRUIT (Tinned and Bottled). Under this heading are included:—

Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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VEGETABLES.

Fresh— Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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The goods were only allowed to leave the district of the Port Sanitary Authority after your Medical Officer of Health had received satisfactory guarantees respecting them, and the Medical Officers of Health of the districts to which the goods were taken were furnished with full particulars.

Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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BISCUITS AND CONFECTIONERY. With the exception of six cases of confectionery, weighing 9 cwts. 1 qr. 14 lbs., the goods under this heading were seized on a vessel which had been on tire :—

Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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The total nuantitv dealt with was :—

Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs,
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SUNDRIES. Included under this heading are :—

Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
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During the year Notices were served under Articles III. (5). IV. (1) and VI. of the above-mentioned Regulations, for the exportation of the following meat :—

Date of Arrival. Name of Vessel. Where from. Where lying. Description and quantity of meat in respect of which Notices were served.

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TABLE XXX. General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1915.

Foreign.						Coastwise.						Inland Navigation.												Shore Premises.				Sick Seamen referred to Hospital.	Water Barges.
Steam.			Sail.			Steam.			Sail.			Steam.			Sail.			Lighters (uninhabited).			Canal Boats.			Shore Premises.					Water Barges.
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, 1915.	New Barges	Condemned.	\| Use Discontinued.	No. in District Slat December, 1915. ,

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COMPARATIVE TABLE.

Total number of Inspections of vessels from—	1906.	1907.	1908.	1909.	1910.	1911. 1912.		1913.	1914.	1915.	Yearly average for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1915,

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TABLE XXXI. NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON VESSELS REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1915.

Description of Nuisances. January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Totals.
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NUMBER OF NUISANCES IN THE RIVER REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1915.
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TABLE XXXII.. NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON SHORE PREMISES REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1915.

Description of Nuisances. January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Totals.
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SUMMARY.

Smoke. Structural. Offensive Cargoes. Drainage, Sewage, &c. Miscellaneous. Totals.
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TABLE XXXIII. POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS.

January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Total.
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TABLE XXXIV. SANITARY WORKS. Part I.
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Part II. Sanitary Works and alterations, not yet reported as completed :—
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TABLE XXXV. BYE-LAWS—OFFENSIVE CARGOES. Eighty-three cases of infringement of the above-mentioned bye-laws were reported during the year. In each case written notice was sent to the owners of the barges concerned :—

Date. Name of Vessel. Infringement.
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Date. Name of Vessel. Infringement.
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FUMIGATING APPARATUS, BARGE "THOMAS." The fumigating plant was used on 6 occasions during the year, the largest ship fumigated being one of 4,931 tons, with a cubic capacity of 353,880 cubic feet. TABLE XXXVI.

Date. Name of Vessel. Capacity in Cubit Feet.
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Unregistered Boats. The following boats were found, on inspection, to be unregistered within the meaning of the Act:—

Date. Name'of Boat. Registration Authority. Reason for Registration or Re-registration.
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Certificates. Absence of certificate was found in the following cases, a complaint being sent to the owners. In the case of the boats marked * information was received that the Certificates were subsequently placed on board :—
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Marking , &c. The following boats were found infringing in this respect. Those marked * were remedied :—
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C leanliness. The following boats were found to require cleansing, and those on which the necessary improvement was made, are marked * :—
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Painting. The following boats were found to require painting with regard to the interior of the cabin, which was done in the cases marked * :—
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V entilation. The following boats were found to require better ventilation. Those in which the alterations have been made, are noted thus* :—
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Dilapidation.
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1915.
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Removal of Bilge Water. Nil. Provision of Water Cask. The following boats were not provided with proper vessel for containing drinking water. In the cases marked * I received information that this had been done :—
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(8) On December 31st, 1915, there were 262 boats on the Register:—
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T able of C anal B oats C arrying C hildren on B oard.

Year. No. of boats. No. of boats with children. No. of children. Average No. of children per boat. Average No. of boats with children.
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TABLE XXXVII. SUMMARY OF CANAL BOATS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 ST DECEMBER, 1915.

Janoary. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. TOTAL. 1910. total 1911. for thE 1912. year 1913. 1914
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SMALL-POX. T able I.

Name. Age. Sex. Date of Illness. Date of Rasli. Date of Infection.
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T able 11.

Name. Age. Sex. Vaccination. Nature of case.
Primary. Secondary.
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE PORT OF LONDON (PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1891). Dr. REVENUE ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st December, 1915. Or.

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STAFF. L ist of O fficers forming the S taff of the P ort of L ondon S anitary A uthority, 31 st D ecember, 1915.

TABLE I. MEDICAL INSPECTION—GRAVESEND. From 1st January to 31st December, 1915.

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

Total number medically inspected at Gravesend—

TABLE II. MEDICAL INSPECTION—SHEERNESS. From 1st January to 31st December, 1915.

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

Total number medically inspected at Sheerness—

TABLE III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

TABLE IV. Return of the Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified to the Local Government Board during the Year 1915, and of Deaths from the Diseases Notified : —

NUMBER OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING 1915.

TABLE Y. Vessels and Premises Disinfected, from 1st January to 31st December, 1915.

TABLE VI. Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &amp;c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1915.

TABLE VII. (C holera.)

TABLE VIII. R eturn of R ats caught and destroyed during 1915. The entire cost of destroying these rats has been borne by the Shipowners and Dock Companies.

TABLE IX. RETURN OF RATS EXAMINED BACTEBIOLOGICALLY, 1915.

S ummary—

S pecies—

TABLE X. (Small-pox.)

Continued from previous page...

The following Table gives particulars of vaccination, rash, &amp;c.:—

TABLE XI. (S carlet F ever.)

TABLE XII, (Diphtheria.)

TABLE XIII. (Enteric Fever.)

Continued from previous page...

TABLE XIV. (Measles.)

Continued from previous page...

TABLE XV. (German Measles.)

TABLE XVI. (Erysipelas.)

TABLE XVII. (Continued Fever.)

TABLE XVIII. (Pulmonary Tuberculosis.)

Continued from previous page...

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TABLE XIX. (Miners' Phthisis.)

TABLE XX. Tuberculosis (other than Pulmonary).

TABLE XXL (Chicken-Pox.)

TABLE XXII. (Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.)

TABLE XXIII. (Mumps.)

TABLE XXIV. (Blackwater Fever.)

TABLE XXV. (Beri-Beri.)

Cases of Illness, &amp;c., other than Dangerous Infectious Disorders reported on Incoming Vessels during 1915.

TABLE XXYI. HOSPITAL. Number of Cases Admitted, Cost of Maintenance, &amp;c.

TABLE XXVII. Quantity and Description of Unsound Food Seized and Destroyed for the Year ending 31st December, 1915.

TABLE XXYIII. Description oe Meat Destroyed.

The total arrivals of frozen and chilled beef was 5,632,105 quarters, compared Avith|5,788,147 quarters in 1914, being a decrease of 156,042 quarters.

The number of quarters discharged from vessels in the Port of London was :—

The total importations of frozen Mutton and Lamb into the United Kingdom during 1915 amounted to 12,191,361 carcases.

The total number of carcases discharged from vessels in the Port of London was :—

The seizures were made for the following reasons :—

OFFAL. The offal seized and destroyed comprised :—

TINNED MEATS. The tinned meats seized and destroyed comprised:—

SMOKED AND SALTED. This class of meat, destroyed as unsound, consisted of :—

FISH. The fish of all kinds seized and destroyed totalled only 4 tons 4 cwts. 3 qrs 18 lbs., compared with upwards of 22 tons in the previous year, and included :—

FRUIT (Green). The goods seized under this heading show an increase of upwards of 168 tons, compared with the previous year, and comprised :—

FRUIT ( Dried). The total quantity of this class of goods seized and destroyed was 87 tons 12 cwts. 2 qrs. 14 lbs., made up as follows :—

FRUIT (Tinned and Bottled). Under this heading are included:—

VEGETABLES.

The goods were only allowed to leave the district of the Port Sanitary Authority after your Medical Officer of Health had received satisfactory guarantees respecting them, and the Medical Officers of Health of the districts to which the goods were taken were furnished with full particulars.

BISCUITS AND CONFECTIONERY. With the exception of six cases of confectionery, weighing 9 cwts. 1 qr. 14 lbs., the goods under this heading were seized on a vessel which had been on tire :—

The total nuantitv dealt with was :—

SUNDRIES. Included under this heading are :—

During the year Notices were served under Articles III. (5). IV. (1) and VI. of the above-mentioned Regulations, for the exportation of the following meat :—

TABLE XXX. General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &amp;c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1915.

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

TABLE XXXI. NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON VESSELS REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1915.

NUMBER OF NUISANCES IN THE RIVER REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1915.

TABLE XXXII.. NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON SHORE PREMISES REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1915.

SUMMARY.

TABLE XXXIII. POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS.

TABLE XXXIV. SANITARY WORKS. Part I.

Part II. Sanitary Works and alterations, not yet reported as completed :—

TABLE XXXV. BYE-LAWS—OFFENSIVE CARGOES. Eighty-three cases of infringement of the above-mentioned bye-laws were reported during the year. In each case written notice was sent to the owners of the barges concerned :—

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FUMIGATING APPARATUS, BARGE "THOMAS." The fumigating plant was used on 6 occasions during the year, the largest ship fumigated being one of 4,931 tons, with a cubic capacity of 353,880 cubic feet. TABLE XXXVI.

TABLE VI. Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 31st December, 1915.

The following Table gives particulars of vaccination, rash, &c.:—

Cases of Illness, &c., other than Dangerous Infectious Disorders reported on Incoming Vessels during 1915.

TABLE XXYI. HOSPITAL. Number of Cases Admitted, Cost of Maintenance, &c.

TABLE XXX. General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1915.