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City of London 1931

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

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1.-AMOUNT OF SHIPPING ENTERING THE PORT DURING THE YEAR 1931.

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.Number of Vessels reported as having or having had, during the voyage Infectious Disease on Board.
ForeignSteamers12,02-217,953.0771,7231,5831,502210
*Motor2,9243,565,396103 110,95222322018
Sailing241105,20591191
FishingSeeNote.
Total Foreign15,18721,623,6781,83511,0711,8071,722228
CoastwiseSteamers9,1406,081,214—11,486233185-
*Motor909148,461— 144
Sailing1,769135,7131913438
FishingSee Note
Total Coastwise11,8186,365,3881,677271227
Total Foreign and Coastwise27,00527,989,0661,83512,7482,0781,949228
* 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.

(a) Passenger Traffic during 1931:—

To and from NON-EUROPEAN Countries.

Number of Passengers1st Class2nd Class3rd ClassTourist
Inwards16,07210,75218,0345,187
Outwards16,9097,6108,1103,184
To and from CONTINENT OF EUROPE.
Inwards100,507 (including 2,589 Transmigrants).
Outwards100,235.
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.