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City of London 1932

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

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APPENDIX XXVIII.— General Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London, for the year ended 31st December, 1932.

Foreign .Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.[ Sick Seamenref erred to HospitalWater Bakqes.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Lighters (uninhabited)C'anal Boats
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be Cleaned.No. in District in good condition 31st December, 1931.New Barges.Condemned.Use discontinued.rreviously withdrawn and since resumed work.No. in District 31st December, 1932
10,9993561,80091211,986 11622782841928 12736678711775744823616 51 5,5606490415815-213
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1932:—St. Katharine265Austrian1
London1,377American192
Argentine1
Foreign11,090Eegent's Canal428BRITISH10,485
Belgian123
Coastwise2,270Millwall861Dutch896
West India763Danish379
Inland Navigation2,053Danzig Free State13
Premises on shore5,560Poplar127Estonian50
East India463French129
Total20,973Finnish369
Victoria1,281German656
Greek76
Eoyal Albert1,136Italian106
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—King George V929Icelandic3
Japanese204
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19322,173Surrey Commercial1,832Latvian61
Tilbury1,080Norwegian and Swedish.1,452
Polish32
Gravesend District-Portuguese43
Russian100
River—*Upper District2,275Roumanian9
„*Middle„701Spanish16
Number of Vessels inspected:— In the Launches—Yugo-Slavakian2
‚Lower„1,895Chilian4
"Joseph White"1,895„ Medway IEgyptian4
"James Howell"Hungarian2
"Howard Deighton"Lithuanian1
Total Vessels15,413Panama4
"James Howell"2.976Shore Premises5,56015,413
Shore Premises5,560
Total In the Docks, &c.4,871 16,102Total20,973Total20,973
Total20,973*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington* *Middle „ „ „ „ Erith. *Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
1923.1924.1925.1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.Y early Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1932.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from— "Foreign"1 13,04013,63412,18712,23911,80612,34512,18612,48911,07111,09012,208.7
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections11,93210,13311,39710,21511,4279,9478,8808,6139,4299,88310,185.6
Total24,97223,76723,58422,45423,23322,29221,06621,10220,50020,97322,394.3