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City of London 1915

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

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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.
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 BargesCondemned.| Use Discontinued.No. in District Slat December, 1915. ,
120421451307430330219420170979124671754811611813461685717642046174631646946—--15
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1914 - - 1,100,830Docks and River.No.Nationality.Arrived from Foreign Ports.No. of inspectionsArrivals Percent of Total.
St. Katharine's855American -3153•43
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1915 —London -2,230Argentine -1-•01
Austrian---
" Foreign " - 12,472Regent's Canal647Belgian1923732.68
Brazilian3
"Coastwise" - 3,173Millwall1,699British4,2128,04458.81
" Inland NaviWest India1,903Chilian__-
gation " - 14,433Danish1812882.52
Premises onPoplar214Dutch81496711.36
shore4,63134.709East India736Finnish516•06
French2503333.49
Total1,135,539Victoria2,738German (ex)91•12
Royal Albert2,432Greek47145•65
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c. :—Italian818•11
Commercial3,680Japanese50188•69
Total to 31st December, 191472,595Tilbury -1,604Mexican———
Portuguese21•02
lotal No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1915 -2,140Gravesend District—Roumanian_——
River—* Upper District4,359Russian6595•90
Siamese———
Total74,735"Middle „3,025Spanish901361.25
Uruguayan -_—__
Number of vessels inspected :—*Lower „3,956Swedish & Norwegian1,2041,81116.81
In the Launches—MedwayNil.
" Lady Truscott"80830 078Total vessels7,16112,472
" David Burnett '3,148Coastwise and Inlandnavigation17,606
" George Briggs " Total7,384Shore premises4,631Shore premises4,631
11,340Total34,709Total34,70999.91
In the Docks, &c.18,738*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. *Middle „ „ „ Greenwich to Erith. *Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
Total30,078

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,
"Foreign" -" Coastwise," " Inland13,01317,97115,25814,88713,71014,01515,17714,42513,53912,47214,446.7
Navigation," and other Inspections -22,33519,41420,01425,46924,85724,00928,03524,50124,47522,23723,534.6
Total -35,34837,38535,27240,35638,56738,02443,21238,92638,01434,70937,981.3