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City of London 1917

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

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TABLE XII.

General Summary, and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of

London, for the year ended 31st December, 1917.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamen referred to Hospital. jWater Bauges.
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.1nspected.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, 1917.New BargesCondemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District 31st December 1917.
7741628876241139123311943325145512369167j 55411387662 4929238125430365241–––––
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1916 - 1,165,417Docks and River.No.
St. Katharine's1,188
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1917 —
London1,589
Foreign - 8,365Regent's Canal901
Coastwise - 1.565Millwall1,345
Inland Navigation - 13,886West India1,951
Premises on shore - - 5,430Poplar349
29,246
Total1,194,663East India1,509
Victoria2,560
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:— Total to 31st December, 191676,645Royal Albert1,950
Commercial1,818
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19171,742
Tilbury1,311
Total78,387Gravesend District—
Number of vessels inspected :—River—*Upper District2,741
* Middle „815
In the Launches— "Lady Truscott"3,789*Lower „3,789
Total vessels23,816
"David Burnett"
"George Briggs "3,556Shore premises5,430
Total7,345Total29,246
In the Docks, &c.16,471
*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington.
23,816
Total*Middle „ „ „ Greenwich to Erith.
* Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

Total number of Inspections of vessels from—1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.1916.1917.Yearly average for the 10 years ending 31st December, 1917.
"Foreign"15,25814,88713,71014,01515,17714,42513,53912,47210,2448,36513,309.2
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections20,01425,46924,85724,00928,03524,50124,47522,23719,63420,88123,411.2
Total35,27240,35638,56738,02443,21238,92638,01434,70929,87829,24636,720.4