Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||
11,732 | 184 | 1,293 | 455 | 3 | 5 | 1,465 | 24 | 90 | 504 | 9 | 17 | 271 | 4 | 4 | 2,674 | 50 | 86 | 538 | 13 | 31 | 320 | 58 | 22 | 5,625 | 133 | 980 | — | 19 | — | - | - | 19 | ||
Inspections. | Docks and River. | No. | Nationalities. | No. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Inspections to 31st December, 1924 | 1,380,975 | St. Katharine's | 619 | American | 295 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Argentine | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1925:— | London | 950 | BRITISH | 13,607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regent's Canal | 466 | Belgian | 444 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Millwall | 1,065 | Dutch | 542 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | 394 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign | 12,187 | Danzig Free State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastwise | 1,969 | West India | 699 | Esthonian | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inland Navigation | 3,803 | Poplar | 172 | French | 138 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premises on shore | 5,625 | East India | 894 | Finnish | 131 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | 708 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 1,404,559 | Victoria | 1,230 | Greek | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleansing of Crew's Quar-ters, &c.:— | Royal Albert | 1,242 | Icelandic | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
King George V. | 1,2.76 | Japanese | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total to 31st Dec- | 90 878 | Commercial | 1,630 | Jugo-Slavakian | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latvian | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1925 | 1,548 | 1 598 | Lettish | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gravesend District | - | Norwegian and Swedish | 1,285 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Polish | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
River—*Upper District | 2,210 | Portuguese | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 92,426 | „ *Middle „ | 714 | Russian | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roumanian | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
„Tower „ | 3,194 | Spanish | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of vessels inspected:— In the Launches— | „ Medway | — | Serbian | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“Joseph White” | 3,194 | Total Vessels | 17,959 | Shore Premises | 5,625 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"James Howell" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"George Briggs" | 2,924 | Shore Premises | 5,625 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 6,118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 23,584 | Total | 23,584 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
in the Docks, &c. | 17,466 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 23,584 | *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" | 10,244 | 8,365 | 8,362 | 11,030 | 11,778 | 11,076 | 12,60 | 13,040 | 13,634 | 12,187 | 11,231.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections | 19,634 | 20,881 | 20,390 | 18,388 | 15,741 | 14,916 | 13,29 | 11,932 | 10,133 | 11,397 | 15,670.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 29,878 | 29,246 | 28,752 | 29,418 | 27,519 | 25,992 | 25,89. | 24,972 | 23,767 | 23,584 | 26,902.0 |