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Port of London 1929

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

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APPENDIX XXXII.— General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1929.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamen referred to HospitalWater Barges.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Lighters [uninhabited)Canal Boats
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.Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned.Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned.No. in District in good condition 31st December, 1929New Barges.Condemned.Use discontinued Temporarily.Previously withdrawn and since resumed work.No. in District 31st December, L929.
11,9592561,256227-11,5289392132281146351,212528552127955,450122914752020
Inspections.Docks and River.No.NationalitiesNo.
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1929:—St. Katharine849American220
London358Argentine Republic3
Brazilian3
Foreign 12,186Regent's Canal400BRITISH11,037
Belgian545
Coastwise 1,660Millwall1,028Dutch804
Inland Navigation 1,770West India635Danish320
Danzig Free State8
Premises on shore 5,450Poplar152Esthonian17
East India551French241
Finnish164
Total 21,066Victoria1,290German709
Greek68
Royal Albert1,315Italian82
King George V1,058Icelandic1
Japanese131
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.Surrey Commercial986Latvian15
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1929 1,417Tilbury1,346Norwegian and Swedish1,059
Polish38
Gravesend DistrictPortuguese29
Russian87
River—*Upper District2,595Roumanian11
Spanish14
„ *Middle „1,044Yugo-Slavakian10
Number of Vessels inspected:— In the Launches—„ *Lower2.00915,616
„ Medway-
"Joseph White" 2009" James Howell" „Total Vessels15,616
"George Briggs" 3,639Shore Premises5,450Shore Premises5,450
Total 5,618Total21,066Total21,066
In the Docks, &c. 15,418
*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. *Middle „ „ „ „ Erith. *Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
Total 21,066
19201921.1922.1923.1924.19251926.19271928.1929.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1929.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"11,77811,07612,60113,04013,63412,18712,23911,80612,34512,18612,289.2
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections15,741 14,91613,291[1,93210,13311,397 10,21511,427 9,947 8.88(11,787.9
Total27,51925,99225,89224,97223,76723,58422,45423,23322,29221,06624,077.1