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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 received3_32911184237159113
Number of recurrences reported21115
Offensive Cargoes (Bye-laws) :— Number of Infringements reported1012417
Structural and other Defects :— Ventilation221052425264264
Lighting175557129631110893
Heating8312221373739
Bare iron in crew's quarters516
Leaky decks, hawse-pipes, cable casings, &c73668482511572
Defective bulkheads and floors33323536634
Sanitary conveniences37346825597463
Ship's gear or stores stowed in crew's quarters211318
Foul bilges and peaks11
Storage of drinking water (dirty or defective tanks)21115
Dirty quarters1521691661491671741591421531501631501,900
Accumulation of offensive matter145
Miscellaneous Nuisances42247413941112779
Totals2282061931762112232191771842542391992,509
Total number of vessels on which structural alt orations were ordered221014151725171815282217210
Total number of vessels on which structural alterations were reported as carried out12101337301426; 3311161627245
(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 River22
Offensive condition of River water
Totals22

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