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City of London 1928

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

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Table: APPENDIX XXXIY.— General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1928.

APPENDIX XXXIY.— General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1928.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamen referred to HospitalWater Barges.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Lighters (uninhabited)CanalBoats
Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned.Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned,Inspected.Defective.To be CleanedInspected.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in District in good condition 31st December, 1928New Barges.Condemned.Use discontinued Temporarily.Previously withdrawn and since resumed work.No. in District 31st December 1928
12,0141661,2093315—1,466297517436142221,8552814333117613626106,3411751,3516817—-1117
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections fromSt. Katharine364American244
1st January to 31stLondon881Argentine Republic—
December, 1928:—Brazilian19
Foreign12,345Regent's Canal481BRITISH11,385
Millwall838Belgian639
Coastwise1,640Dutch710
Inland Navigation1,966West India665Danish294
Poplar179Danzig Free State1
Premises on shore6,341Egyptian—
East India704Esthonian2
Total22,292French396
Victoria1,449Finnish144
German718
Royal Albert1,272Greek69
King George V1,161Italian43
Cleansing of Crew s Quarters, &c.:—Surrey Commercial1,059Icelandic1
Japanese154
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19281,391Tilbury1,570Latvian16
Lettish-
Gravesend District—Norwegian and Swedish985
Polish2
River—*Upper District2,720Portuguese30
„ *Middle ,,563Russian79
Roumanian6
Number of Vessels inspected:—,. *Lower „2,045Spanish12
„ Medway—Yugo- Slavakian6
In the Launches—
"Joseph White"2,045Total Vessels15,95115,951
"James Howell"
"George Briggs''3,283Shore Premises6,341Shore Premises6,341
Total5,328Total22,292Total22,292
In the Docks, &c.16,964*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. *Middle „ „ „ „ Erith. *Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
Total22,292
1919.1920.1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.1926.1927.1928.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1928.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"11,03C11,77811,07 (12,60113,04013,63412,18712,23911,80612,34512,173.6
" Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections18,38815,74114,91613,29111,93210,13311,39710,21511,4279,94712,738.7
Total29,41827,51925,99525,89224,97223,76723,58422,45423,23322,29224,912.3