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City of London 1931

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

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APPENDIX XXYIII.— G eneral S ummary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1931.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.SickSeamenreferred to HospitalWater Barqes.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Lighters (uninhabited)CanalBoats
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.Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned.Inspected.Defective.To be Cleaned.No. in District in good condition 31st December, 1930New Barges.Condemned.Use discontinued Temporarily.Previously withdrawn and since resumed work.No. in District 31st December, 1931.
10,95230715,146119131,48610315219121238889511958344552951495,4345975811516115
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1931:—St. Katharine257American206
London995Brazilian3
BRITISH10,193
Foreign11,071Regent's Canal443Belgian253
Dutch740
Coastwise1,677Millwall1,054Danish410
West India764Danzig Free State25
Inland Navigation2,318Esthonian50
Premises on shore5,434Poplar218French144
East India424Finnish273
Total20,500German747
Victoria1,318Greek114
Cleansing of Crew's Quar ters, &c.:-Italian134
Royal Albert1,142Icelandic2
King George V.1,005Japanese152
Latvian81
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19311,779Surrey Commercial1,625Norwegian and Swedish1,345
Tilbury1,121Polish29
Portuguese36
Gravesend District-Russian84
River—* Upper District1,655Roumanian12
Spanish17
Number of Vessels inspected:— In the Launches—„ *Middle „831Yugo-Slavakian14
Venezuelan2
„ *Lower „2,214
"Joseph White"2,214„ Medway
"James Howell"
"Howard Deighton"15,066
"George Briggs"2,486Total Vessels15,066
"James Howell"Shore Premises5,434Shore Premises5,434
Total2,700Total20,500Total20,500
In the Docks, &c.17,800
*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington.
Total20,500*Middle „ „ „ „ Erith.
*Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
1922.1923.1924.1925.1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1931.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"12,60113,04013,63412,18712,23911,80612,34512,18612,48911,07112,359.8
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections13,29111,93210,13311,39710,21511,4279,9478,8808,6139,42910,526.4
Total25,89224,97223,76723,58422,45423,23322,29221,06621,10220,50022,886.2

1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
1927.
1928.
1929.
1930.
1931.
Yearly
Average for
the 10 years
ending 31st
Dec., 1931.
Total number of Inspections
of vessels
from—
"Foreign"
12,601
13,040
13,634
12,187
12,239
11,806
12,345
12,186
12,489
11,071
12,359.8
"Coastwise," "Inland
Navigation,"
and other Inspections
13,291
11,932
10,133
11,397
10,215
11,427
9,947
8,880
8,613
9,429
10,526.4
Total
25,892
24,972
23,767
23,584
22,454
23,233
22,292
21,066
21,102
20,500
22,886.2