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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX XXIX.
NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON
| description of nuisances. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Nuisances:— Number of complaints received | – | – | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Number of recurrences reported | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Offensive Cargoes (Bye-laws):— Number of Infringements reported | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Structural and other Defects:— Ventilation | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 65. |
| Lighting | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 113 |
| Heating | 10 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 7 | — | 9 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 125 |
| Bare iron in crew's quarters | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 10 |
| Leaky decks, hawse-pipes, cable casings, &c. | 12 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 126 |
| Defectivebulkheads and floors | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 84 |
| Sanitary conveniences | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 72 |
| Ship's gear or stores stowed in crew's quarters | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Eoul bilges and peaks | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Storage of drinking water (dirty or defective tanks) | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 12 |
| Dirty quarters | 192 | 182 | 164 | 179 | 207 | 186 | 155 | 127 | 141 | 209 | 210 | 167 | 2,119 |
| Verminous quarters | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 47 |
| Accumulation of offensive matter | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | ||
| Miscellaneous Nuisances | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 66 |
| Totals | 244 227 | 207 | 264 | 287 | 229 | 219 | 171 | 211 | 295 | 290 | 234 | 2,878 | |
| Total number of vessels on which sanitary defects were reported | 223 | 203 | 184 | 211 | 251 | 208 | 182 | 157 | 179 | 256 | 255 | 209 | 2,518 |
| Total number of vessels on which sanitary defects were remedied | 200 | 191 | 176 | 191 | 216 | 190 | 177 | 143 | 174 | 246 | 221 | 201 | 2,326 |
(Includes Orders made in previous years and reported carried out during 1932.)
NUMBER OF NUISANCES IN THE RIVER REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ended 31st December, 1932.
| offensive accumulation on Foreshore | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | nil. |
| Totals | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | nil. |