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 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. j | Water 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 Barges | Condemned. | Use Discontinued. | No. in District 31st December 1917. | |||
| 7741 | 62 | 887 | 624 | 11 | 39 | 1233 | 11 | 94 | 332 | 5 | 14 | 551 | 2 | 36 | 9167 | j 55 | 411 | 3876 | 6 | 2 49 | 292 | 38 | 12 | 5430 | 36 | 524 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total Inspections to 31st December, 1916 - 1,165,417 | Docks and River. | No. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Katharine's | 1,188 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1917 — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| London | 1,589 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign - 8,365 | Regent's Canal | 901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastwise - 1.565 | Millwall | 1,345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inland Navigation - 13,886 | West India | 1,951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premises on shore - - 5,430 | Poplar | 349 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29,246 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,194,663 | East India | 1,509 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria | 2,560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:— Total to 31st December, 1916 | 76,645 | Royal Albert | 1,950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | 1,818 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1917 | 1,742 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tilbury | 1,311 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 78,387 | Gravesend District | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of vessels inspected :— | River—*Upper District | 2,741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Middle „ | 815 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the Launches— "Lady Truscott" | 3,789 | *Lower „ | 3,789 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total vessels | 23,816 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "David Burnett" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "George Briggs " | 3,556 | Shore premises | 5,430 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 7,345 | Total | 29,246 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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" | 15,258 | 14,887 | 13,710 | 14,015 | 15,177 | 14,425 | 13,539 | 12,472 | 10,244 | 8,365 | 13,309.2 |
| "Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections | 20,014 | 25,469 | 24,857 | 24,009 | 28,035 | 24,501 | 24,475 | 22,237 | 19,634 | 20,881 | 23,411.2 |
| Total | 35,272 | 40,356 | 38,567 | 38,024 | 43,212 | 38,926 | 38,014 | 34,709 | 29,878 | 29,246 | 36,720.4 |