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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXXVIII.
NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON VESSELS REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year
ended 31st December, 1924.
| description of nuisances. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Nuisances Number of complaints received | 3 | _ | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 113 |
| Number of recurrences reported | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Offensive Cargoes (Bye-laws) :— Number of Infringements reported | — | 10 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 17 |
| Structural and other Defects :— Ventilation | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 64 |
| Lighting | 17 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 93 |
| Heating | 8 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 39 |
| Bare iron in crew's quarters | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Leaky decks, hawse-pipes, cable casings, &c | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 72 | |
| Defective bulkheads and floors | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 34 |
| Sanitary conveniences | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 63 |
| Ship's gear or stores stowed in crew's quarters | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 8 |
| Foul bilges and peaks | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Storage of drinking water (dirty or defective tanks) | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Dirty quarters | 152 | 169 | 166 | 149 | 167 | 174 | 159 | 142 | 153 | 150 | 163 | 150 | 1,900 |
| Accumulation of offensive matter | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous Nuisances | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 79 |
| Totals | 228 | 206 | 193 | 176 | 211 | 223 | 219 | 177 | 184 | 254 | 239 | 199 | 2,509 |
| Total number of vessels on which structural alt orations were ordered | 22 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 210 |
| Total number of vessels on which structural alterations were reported as carried out | 12 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 26 | ; 33 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 27 | 245 |
| (includes orders made in previous years and reported carried out during 1924.) | |||||||||||||
| NUMBER OF NUISANCES IN THE RIVER REPORTED AND DEALT WILH during the year ended 31st December, 1924. | |||||||||||||
| From discharge of foul liquid, sewage, &c., into the River | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Offensive condition of River water | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
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