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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXX.
Number of Disinfections of Effects, Bedding, &c., from 1st January to 81st December, 1927.
| Month. | Reason for Disinfection. | Hospital Bedding, &c. | Total. | No. of timep Disinfector was used. | Fumigated in Cabin of Vessel. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken-pox. | Continued Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Measles. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Plague. | Small-pox. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Dysentery. | |||||
| January | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
| February | 4 | - | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| March | 2 | - | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| April | — | - | — | - | I | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| May | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | -— | 13 | 7 | 7 |
| June | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| July | — | - | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| August | — | - | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| September | — | - | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| October | 1 | - | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| November | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | _ | 8 | 7 | _ |
| December | 1 | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Totals | 16 | — | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | — | 7 | 1 | 6 | 61 | 51 | 28 | |
SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY.
Inasmuch as the Port of London from West to East extends for a distance of
nearly 69 miles and passes through the following Counties -:—
On the North Bank, Middlesex, London and Essex,
On the South Bank, Suirey, London and Kent,
it necessarily follows that there are various sources of water supply.
The warehouses and offices in the docks, all of which are within the jurisdiction
of the Port of London Sanitary Authority, are practically all supplied direct from
mains.
Shipping in the docks is chiefly supplied with water direct from mains on shore.
In some cases, however, for instance where vessels are not lying near a dock
quay, water is supplied from water barges which have obtained their supplies from
water mains on the dock premises.
Vessels lying in the River obtain their supplies direct from water mains on shore
or from water barges.
The number of water barges in use in the Port of London during the year was 19;
two of these were withdrawn temporarily, leaving 17 in use at the end of the year.
The barges were inspected periodically and found to be in good sanitary condition.