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City of London 1927

[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, 1927.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamenreferred to HospitalWater Barges.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Lighters (uninhabited)Canal Boats
Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned.Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned.Inspected.Defective.To bo 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, 1927New Barges.Condemned.Use Discontinued.No. in District 31st December, 1927.
11,4661621,09434031,486476127839186531,95223163263341413357,0581601,61862181-217
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections to 31st December, 19261.407,013St. Katharine327American236
London912Argentine Republic1
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1927:—Regent's Canal384Brazilian15
BRITISH11,882
Millwall999Belgian626
Dutch606
Foreign11,806West India698Danish356
Coastwise1,764Danzig Free State8
Inland Navigation2,605Poplar224Egyptian2
Premises on shore7,058East India735Esthonian5
French226
Total1,430,246Victoria1,298Finnish146
Royal Albert1,354Germen669
Greek45
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters. &c.:—King George V1,257Italian64
Icelandic6
Surrey Commercial1,138Japanese130
Total to 31st December, 192693,696
Tilbury1,466Latvian10
Lettish3
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19271,222Gravesend District-Norwegian and Swedish1,031
River—*Upper District..2,444Polish1
„ *Middle „596Portuguese23
Russian68
Total94,918„ *Lower „2,343Roumanian1
Spanish14
„ Medway-Yugo-Slavakian1
Number of Vessels inspected:—
In the Launches—16,175
" Joseph White "2,343Total Vessels16,175
"James Howell"Shore Premises7,058Shore Premises7,058
"George Briggs"3,040
Total5,383Total23,233Total23,233
In the Docks, &c.17,850
*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington.
Total23,233
*Middle „ „ „ „ Erith.
*Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
1918.1919.1920.1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.1926.1927.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1927.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from— "Foreign"8,36211,03011,77811,07612,60113.04013,63412,18712,23911,80611 775.3
" Coastwise,"
" Inland Navigation," and other Inspections20,39018,38815,74114,91613,29111,93210,13311,39710,21511,42713,783.0
Total28,75229,41827,51925,99225,89224,97223,76723,58422,45423,23325,558.3