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 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 Barges | Condemned. | | Use Discontinued. | No. in District Slat December, 1915. , | ||
| 12042 | 145 | 1307 | 430 | 3 | 30 | 2194 | 20 | 170 | 979 | 12 | 46 | 717 | 5 | 48 | 11611 | 81 | 346 | 1685 | 7 | 176 | 420 | 46 | 17 | 4631 | 64 | 694 | 6 | — | - | - | 15 | ||
| Total Inspections to 31st December, 1914 - - 1,100,830 | Docks and River. | No. | Nationality. | Arrived from Foreign Ports. | No. of inspections | Arrivals Percent of Total. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Katharine's | 855 | American - | 31 | 53 | •43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1915 — | London - | 2,230 | Argentine - | 1 | - | •01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austrian | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " Foreign " - 12,472 | Regent's Canal | 647 | Belgian | 192 | 373 | 2.68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazilian | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Coastwise" - 3,173 | Millwall | 1,699 | British | 4,212 | 8,044 | 58.81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " Inland Navi | West India | 1,903 | Chilian | _ | _ | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gation " - 14,433 | Danish | 181 | 288 | 2.52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premises on | Poplar | 214 | Dutch | 814 | 967 | 11.36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| shore | 4,631 | 34.709 | East India | 736 | Finnish | 5 | 16 | •06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French | 250 | 333 | 3.49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,135,539 | Victoria | 2,738 | German (ex) | 9 | 1 | •12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Royal Albert | 2,432 | Greek | 47 | 145 | •65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c. :— | Italian | 8 | 18 | •11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | 3,680 | Japanese | 50 | 188 | •69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total to 31st December, 1914 | 72,595 | Tilbury - | 1,604 | Mexican | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portuguese | 2 | 1 | •02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lotal No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1915 - | 2,140 | Gravesend District | — | Roumanian | _ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| River—* Upper District | 4,359 | Russian | 65 | 95 | •90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Siamese | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 74,735 | "Middle „ | 3,025 | Spanish | 90 | 136 | 1.25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uruguayan - | _ | — | __ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of vessels inspected :— | *Lower „ | 3,956 | Swedish & Norwegian | 1,204 | 1,811 | 16.81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the Launches— | Medway | Nil. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " Lady Truscott" | 808 | 30 078 | Total vessels | 7,161 | 12,472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " David Burnett ' | 3,148 | Coastwise and Inland | navigation | 17,606 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| " George Briggs " Total | 7,384 | Shore premises | 4,631 | Shore premises | 4,631 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11,340 | Total | 34,709 | Total | 34,709 | 99.91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 30,078 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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," " Inland | 13,013 | 17,971 | 15,258 | 14,887 | 13,710 | 14,015 | 15,177 | 14,425 | 13,539 | 12,472 | 14,446.7 |
| Navigation," and other Inspections - | 22,335 | 19,414 | 20,014 | 25,469 | 24,857 | 24,009 | 28,035 | 24,501 | 24,475 | 22,237 | 23,534.6 |
| Total - | 35,348 | 37,385 | 35,272 | 40,356 | 38,567 | 38,024 | 43,212 | 38,926 | 38,01434,709 | 37,981.3 | |