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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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I.—AMOUNT OF SHIPPING ENTERING THE PORT DURING THE YEAR 1928.
Table A. __
| Number. | Tonnage. | Number By the Medical Officer of Health. | Inspected By the Sanitary Inspector. | Number reported to be Defective. | Number of Vessels on which Defects were Remedied. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign | Steamers ) | 12.801 | 19,481,208) | 2,030 | 12,014 | 192 | 103 |
| *Motor | 2,743 | 1,662,204 | |||||
| Sailing | 392 | 169.346 | — | 331 | — | — | |
| Fishing | See Note. | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total Foreign | 15,936 | 21,312,758 | 2,030 | 12,345 | 192 | 103 | |
| Coastwise | Steamers | 2,089 | 148,023 | — | 1,608 | 55 | 35 |
| *Motor | 9.171 | 6,170,934 | |||||
| Sailing | 515 | 110,019 | — | — | 52 | 28 | |
| Fishing | See Note. | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total Coastwise | 11,775 | 6,428,976 | — | 3,137 | 107 | 63 | |
| Total Foreign and Coastwise | 27,711 | 27,741,734 | 2,030 | 15,492 | 299 | 166 | |
* Includes mechanically propelled vessels other than Steamers.
See also Appendix I.
Note.—British Fishing Vessels are excluded from the Returns of the Navigation of the United Kingdom.
Foreign Fishing Vessels are included, but not separately distinguished.
II.-CHARACTER OF TRADE OF PORT.
Table B.
| To and from NON-EUROPEAN Countries. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Passengers. | 1st Class. | 2nd Class. | 3rd Class. |
| Inwards | 18,679 | 11,592 | 22,876 |
| Outwards | 19,397 | 10,829 | 40,435 |
To and from CONTINENT OF EUROPE.
Inwards 99,483 (including 25,054 Transmigrants).
Outwards 73,571.
Countries from which passengers principally arrive: North America, Australia, Europe,
British South Africa, India and the Far East.
(b) Cargo Traffic:—
Principal Imports—Merchandise of all kinds, principally Provisions, Fruit, Grain and
Flour, Hides and Skins, Meat, Oil and Fats, Rubber, Textile Materials,
Tobacco, Wood and Wool.
Principal Exports—Manufactured Goods of all kinds.
Countries with which the Port principally trades—The Port of London trades with all parts of the
world.
III.—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, Surrey, 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.