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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXXI.
NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON VESSELS REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year
ended 31st December, 1921.
| Description of Nuisances. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Nuisances :— Number of complaints received | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 28 | ||||
| Number of recurrences reported | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Offensive Cargoes (Bye-laws):— Number of Infringements reported | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | |||||||
| Structural and other Defects:— Ventilation | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 47 | |
| Lighting | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 24 | |||
| Heating | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27 | ||
| Bare iron in crew's quarters | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Leaky decks, hawse-pipes, cable casings, &c. | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 38 |
| Defective bulkheads and floors | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 25 | ||
| Sanitary conveniences | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | ||||||
| Ship's gear or stores stowed in crew's quarters | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| Foul bilges and peaks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 23 | ||||||
| Storage of drinking water (dirty or defective tanks) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| Dirty quarters | 97 | 137 | 192 | 144 | 177 | 142 | 140 | 105 | 102 | 115 | 168 | 165 | 1,684 |
| Accumulation of offensive matter | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Nuisances | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 28 | |
| Totals | 118 | 143 | 201 | 157 | 186 | 161 | 151 | 115 | 120 | 167 | 240 | 225 | 1,984 |
| Total number of vessels on which structural alterations were ordered | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 24 | 101 | |
| Total number of vessels on which structural alterations were reported as carried out | 2 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 47 | ||
| NUMBER OF NUISANCES IN THE RIVER REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ended 31st December, 1921. | |||||||||||||
| From discharge of foul liquid, sewage, &c., into the River | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Offensive condition of River water | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||