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City of London 1921

[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, 1921.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamen referred to Hospital.Water Bahges.
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, 192).New BargesCondemned.Use Discontinued. |No. in District 31st December, 1021.
10708431014368124145910866473177888295191503562501215399115423125413---
Total Inspections to 31st December, 19201,280,352Docks and River.No.
St. Katherine's966
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1921 —
London1,718
Foreign11,076Regent's Canal822
Coastwise -2,106Millwal1,453
Inland Navigation8,579West India1,344
Premises on shore4,23125,992Poplar190
Total1,306,344East India-1,367
Victoria2,239
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—Royal Albert1,601
Total to 31st December, 192083,312King George V.386
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19211,684Commercial1,482
Total84,996Tilbury1,155
Gravesend District
Number of vessels inspected :—River—* Upper District3,328
In the Launohes—*Middle „591
" Lady Truscott "3,119*Lower „3,119
" David Burnett "Total vessels21,761
" George Briggs"3,919Shore premises4,231
Total25,992
Total7,038
In the Docks, &c.18,954*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington.
Total25,992*Middle „ „ „ Greenwich to Erith.
*Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

Total number of Inspections of vessels from—1912.1913.1914.1915.1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.Yearly average for the 10 year ending 31st December, 1921.
"Foreign"15,17714,42513,53912,47210,2448,3658,36211,03011,77811,07611,646.8
" Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections28,03524,50124,47522,23719,63420,88120,39018,38815,74114,91620,919.8
Total43,21238,92638,01434,70929,87829,24628,75229,41827,51925,99232,566.6