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City of London 1934

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

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APPENDIX XXV.— G eneral S ummary, and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections of Vessels, &c., in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1934.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.SickSeamenreferred to HospitalWater Barges.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.SailLighters (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be Cleaned.No. in District in good condition 31st December, 1933.New Barges.Condemned.Use discontinued.Previously withdrawn and since resumed work.No. in District 31st December, 1934.
10,0061741,27346--2,065783463203224190419807171972647113114—1 7,065201,04039112--——12
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December. 1934:—St. Katharine166Austrian-
London915American245
Brazilian—
Foreign10,052Regent's Canal358BRITISH8,556
Belgian194
Millwall860Dutch1,075
Coastwise2,385West India864Danish386
Danzig Free State17
Inland Navigation.1,354Poplar165Estonian81
French75
Premises on shore..7,065East India451Finnish429
German647
Total20,856Victoria792Greek138
Royal Albert1,102Italian91
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—King George V739Icelandic2
Japanese103
Surrey Commercial1,590Latvian59
Norwegian and Swedish1,365
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19341,726Tilbury942Polish24
Portuguese76
Gravesend District—Russian88
River—*Upper District1,982Roumanian12
Number of Vessels inspected:—„ * Middle „1,052Spanish51
In the Launches—„ *Lower „1,813Yugo-Slavakian36
"Howard Deighton" 1,813,, MedwayEgyptian14
"Frederick Whittingham"3,034Total Vessels13,791Lithuanian—
"James Howell"Panama27
Total4,847Shore Premises7,065Peruvian—
13,791
In the Docks, &c.16,009Total20,856Shore Premises 7,085
Total20,856
Total20,856*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington,
*Middle „ „ „ „ Erith.
*Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
1925.1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1934.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"12,18712,23911,80612,34512,18612,48911,07111,09012,02510,05211,749.0
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections11,39710,21511,4279,9478,8808,6139,4299,8839,52510,80410,012.0
Total23,58422,45423,23322,29221,06621,10220,50020,97321,55020,85621,761.0