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City of London 1919

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

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TABLE XXXIV. —General Summary, and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1919.

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 ingood condition. 31st December, 1918.New BargesCondemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District
99405788810901254134510117583817690-43747527403292051511532855222296552------
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1918-1,223,415Docks and River.No.
Total Inspections from 1st January toSt. Katherine's -1,041
Foreign - 11,030London2,038
Regent's Canal952
Coastwise - 1,928Millwall1,678
Inland Navigation 11,238West India1,833
Premises on shore 5,222 29,418Poplar250
Total 1,252,833East India1,442
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c. :—Victoria2,349
Royal Albert1,549
Total to 31st December, 1918 -79,883Commercial2,073
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19191,678Tilbury1,015
Total81,561Gravesend District
Number of vessels inspected : —River—*Upper District -3,880
*Middle „1,094
In the Launohes—*Lower „3,002
" Lady Truscott "3,002Total vessels24,196
"David Burnett"
"George Briggs "4,974Shore premises5,222
Total7,976Total29,418
In the Docks, &c.16,220*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington.
Total24,196"Middle „ „ „ Greenwich to Erith.
*Lower „ ,, „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
COMPARATIVE TABLE.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—1910.1911.1912.1913. 1914.1915.1916.1917.1918.1919.Yearly average for the 10 J8&rs ending 31st December, 1919
"Foreign" " Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections13,71014,01515,17714,425 13,53912,47210,2448,3658,36211,03012,133.9
24,85724,00928,03524,50124,47522,23719,63420,88120,39018,38822,740.7
Total38,56738,02443,21238,926 38,01434,70929,87829,24628,75229,41834,874.66