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City of London 1926

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

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TABLE XLI.—General Summary, and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1926.

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, 1926.New Barges.Condemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District 31st December, 1926.
11,7882071,164451ll1,090394228233122ll1,89112312653232302956,3351231,1975412---12
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspection to 31st December, 1921,404,559St. Katharine462American260
London897Argentine
Total Inspections fromRepublic2
1st January to 31stRegent's Canal337Austrian3
December, 1926:-Millwall1,067BRITISH11,694
Foreign12,239Belgian592
West India783Dutch575
Coastwise1,372Danish393
Inland Navigation2,508Poplar221Danzig Free State13
Premises on shore6,335East India788Esthonian14
French110
Total1,427,013Victoria1,067Finnish152
German728
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.Royal Albert1,126Greek38
King George V.1,291Italian73
Icelandic2
Total to 31st December, 192592,426Surrey Commercial1,150Japanese130
Tilbury1,483Latvian10
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19261,270Lettish4
Gravesend DistrictNorwegian and Swedish1,201
River—*Upper District2,091Polish2
Total93,696*Middle „788Portuguese21
Russian51
,, *Lower ,,2,568Roumanian2
Number of vessles inspected:- In the Launches:-,, MedwaySpanish42
Turkish1
"Joseph White"2,568Total Vessels16,119yugo-Slavakian6
"James Howell"16,119
"George Briggs"2,879Shore Premises6,335Shore Premises6,335
Total5,447Total22,454Total22,454
In the Docks, &c.17,007
Total22,454*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. *Middle „ ,, „ ,, Erith. *Lower ,, „ ,, Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.1926.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1926.
"Foreign"8,3658,36211,03011,77811,07612,60113,04013,63412,187
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections20,88120,39018,38815,74114,91613,29111,93210,13311,39710,21514,728.4
Total29,24628,75229,41827,51925.99225,89224,97223,76723,58422,45426,159.6