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City of London 1933

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

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APPENDIX XXYI.—G eneral Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1933.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.SickSeamenreferred to HospitalWater Barges.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Lighters (uningabited)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 bo Cleaned.No. in District in good condition 31st December, 1932.New Barges.Condemned.Use discontinued.Previously withdrawn and since resumed work.No. in District 31st December, 1933.
11,8812071,874144.1531,53585323229351020924584106594443205166,1695638603761311112
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1933:-St. Katharine194Austrian4
London1,117American231
Brazilian1
Foreign 12,025Regent's Canal379BRITISH9,860
Belgian137
Coastwise 1,764Millwall1,044Dutch1,171
West India939Danish414
Inland Navigation . 1,592Danzig Free State6
Premises on shore 6,169Poplar117Estonian64
East India426French101
Total 21,550Finnish439
Victoria1,231German662
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—Royal Albert1,176Greek90
Italian127
King George V979Icelandic3
Japanese155
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1933 2,263Surrey Commercial1,783Latvian77
1,495
Tilbury1,046Polish43
Gravesend DistrictPortuguese72
Russian116
Number of Vessels inspected:— In the Launches—River—*Upper District1,440Roumanian23
„ *Middle ,,1,498Spanish12
Yugo-Slavakian20
Lower „2,012Egyptian12
2,012Lithuanian1
„ Medway Panama41
" Howard Deighton "Peruvian4
" James Howell"2,938Total Vessels15,38115,381
Shore Premises6,169
Shore Premises6,169
Total4,950Total21,550Total21,550
In the Docks, &c. j6,600
Total521,550*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. *Middle „ „ ,, „ Erith. *Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
1924.1925.19261927.1928.1929.1930.1931. 1932.1933.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st j Dec., 1933.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"13,63412,18712,239 11,80612,34512,18612,48911,C71 11,09012,02512,107*2
" Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections10,13311,39710,215 11,4279,9478,8808,6139,42929 9,8839,5259,944.9
Total23,76723,58422,454 23,23322,2922 1,0621,10220,50020,97321,55022,052.1