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City of London 1924

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

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TABLE XXXVII.—General Summary, and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1924.

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 in good condition 31st December, 1923New Barges.Condemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District 31st December, 1924.
13,1931611,382441L 7221,43228964905314322233,109561101,018211417853JOi> CO107378481919
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1923 1,357,208St. Katherine's569American271
Argentine_
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1924:—London1,089BRITISH15,942
Regent's Canal630Belgian371
Millwall1,200Brazilian Dutch674
Foreign 13,634Millwall1,200Danish339
Coastwise 1,922West India721Danzig Free State13
Inland Navigation 4,737Poplar189Esthonian14
Premises on shore 3,474Poplar189French119
East Indial531Finnish142
Total 1,380,975Victoria1,986German798
Royal Albert1,498Greek Italian42 50
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c. :—
King George V.1,399Icelandic9
Japanese186
Total to 31st December, 1923 89,085Commercial1,446Lettish2
Norwegian and Swedish1,244
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1924 1,793Tilbury1,370
Gravesend DistrictPolish2
Portuguese11
River—*Upper District3,139Russian41
Roumanian3
Total 90,878*Middle „578Spanish13
*Lower ,,2,948Latvian1
Number of vessels inspected :— In the Launches—Chilian2
,, MedwayUruguayan2
Austrian1
Lady lruscott2,948Total Vessels20,293Memel1
" James Howell"
" George Briggs "3,717Shore Premises3,474Shore Premises3,474
Total6,665Total23,767Total23,767
In the Docks, &c.17,102
Total23,767♦Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. ♦Middle „ ,, „ ,, Erith. ♦Lower ,, „ ,, Erith to outer limits of the Port of London

TABLE XXXVII.—General Summary, and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1924.

1915.1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.1922.1923.1924.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec,, 1924.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"12,47210,2448,3658,36211,03011,77811,07612,60113,04013,63411,260-2
" Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections22,23719,63420,88120,39018,38815,74114,91613,29111,93210,13316,754-3
Total34,70929,87829,24628,75229,41827,51925.99225,89224,97223,76728,014-5 .