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City of London 1925

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

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TABLE XXXVII.— G eneral S ummary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1925.

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, 1925.New Barges.Condemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District 31st December, 1925.
11,7321841,293455351,4652490504917271442,6745086538133132058225,62513398019--19
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections to 31st December, 19241,380,975St. Katharine's619American295
Argentine4
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1925:—London950BRITISH13,607
Regent's Canal466Belgian444
Millwall1,065Dutch542
Danish394
Foreign12,187Danzig Free State6
Coastwise1,969West India699Esthonian15
Inland Navigation3,803Poplar172French138
Premises on shore5,625East India894Finnish131
German708
Total1,404,559Victoria1,230Greek57
Italian47
Cleansing of Crew's Quar-ters, &c.:—Royal Albert1,242Icelandic8
King George V.1,2.76Japanese150
Total to 31st Dec-90 878Commercial1,630Jugo-Slavakian2
Latvian8
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19251,5481 598Lettish1
Gravesend District-Norwegian and Swedish1,285
Polish4
River—*Upper District2,210Portuguese17
Total92,426„ *Middle „714Russian85
Roumanian2
„Tower „3,194Spanish8
Number of vessels inspected:— In the Launches—„ MedwaySerbian1
“Joseph White”3,194Total Vessels17,959Shore Premises5,625
"James Howell"
"George Briggs"2,924Shore Premises5,625
Total6,118
Total23,584Total23,584
in the Docks, &c.17,466
Total23,584*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. *Middle „ „ ,, ,, Erith. *Lower ,, „ ,, Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1925.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"10,2448,3658,36211,03011,77811,07612,6013,04013,63412,18711,231.7
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections19,63420,88120,39018,38815,74114,91613,2911,93210,13311,39715,670.3
Total29,87829,24628,75229,41827,51925,99225,89.24,97223,76723,58426,902.0