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Port of London 1929
[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 1929.
Table A.
| Number. | Tonnage. | Number Inspected | Number reported to be Defective. | Number of Vessels on which Defects were Remedied. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By the Medical Officer of Health. | By the Sanitary Inspector. | ||||||
| Foreign | Steamers | 12,721 | 19,375,122 | 1,889 | 11,959 | 251 | 181 |
| *Motor | 2,690 | 2,337,731 | 58 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Sailing | 521 | 214,240 | 5 | 227 | — | 1 | |
| Fishing | See Note. | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total Foreign | 15,932 | 21,927,093 | 1,952 | 12,186 | 256 | 184 | |
| Coastwise | Steamers | 9,483 | 6,705,292 | - | 1,674 | 89 | 40 |
| *Motor | 607 | 142,012 | - | 7 | 1 | ||
| Sailing | 1,861 | 137,501 | - | 1,756 | 28 | 24 | |
| Fishing | See Note. | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total Coastwise | 11,951 | 6,984,805 | — | 3,430 | 124 | 65 | |
| Total Foreign and Coastwise | 27,883 | 28,911,898 | 1,952 | 15,616 | 380 | 249 | |
* 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 OP TRADE OP PORT.
Table b.
(a) Passenger Traffic during 1929:—
To and from NON-EUROPEAN Countries.
Number of Passengers. 1st Class. 2nd Class. 3rd Class.
Inwards 18,595 11,162 21,431
Outwards 19,694 10,795 22,312
To and from CONTINENT OF EUROPE.
Inwards 106,624 (including 16,162 Transmigrants).
Outwards 92,377.
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 supplied direct from mains.
Shipping in the docks is chiefly supplied with water from the mains ashore.