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City of London 1930

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

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Table: 1.—AMOUNT OF SHIPPING ENTERING THE PORT DURING THE YEAR 1930.

1.—AMOUNT OF SHIPPING ENTERING THE PORT DURING THE YEAR 1930.

Number.Tonnage.NumberInspectedNumber of Vessels reported as having or having had, during the voyage Infectious Disease on Board.
By the Medical Officer of Health.By the Sanitary Inspector.Number reported to be Defective.Number of Vessels on which Defects were Remedied.
ForeignSteamers12.75619,256,1651,73912,359294197227
Motor2,9413,156,653732118
Sailing388169,19641301—1
FishingSee Note.—————
Total Foreign16,08522,582,0141,81612,489297198246
CoastwiseSteamers9,5166,385,63421,38797552
Motor718135,708-11—
Sailing1,718129,558—1302627—
FishingSee Note.—————
Total Coastwise11,9526,650,90021,517124832
Total Foreign and Coastwise28,03729,232,9141,81814,006421281248
* 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 arc included, but not separately distinguished.

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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.

Table: II. -CHARACTER OF TRADE OF PORT. Table B.

II. -CHARACTER OF TRADE OF PORT. Table B.

(a) Passenger Traffic during 1930:— '
To and from NON-EUROPEAN Countries.
Number of Passengers.1st Class.2nd Class.3rd Class.
Inwards17,78511,99122,738
Outwards18,7899,14014,484
To and from CONTINENT OF EUROPE.
Inwards117,399 (including 12,455 Transmigrants).
Outwards105,801.
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.