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City of London 1935

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

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APPENDIX XXYI.— General Summary , and Analysis,, of the Sanitary Inspections Vessels, &c., in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1935.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.(SickSeamenreferred toHospitalWater Barges.
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be Cleaned.No. in District in good condition 31st December, 1934.New Barges.Condemned.Use discontinued.Previously withdrawn and since resumed work.No. in District 31st December, 1935,
11,6574211,249282,3741313323954416202512124184838241601292366,764621,2721401212
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1935:—St. Katharine200American252
London1,040BRITISH9,671
Bulgarian7
Foreign 11,685Regent's Canal476Belgian161
Dutch1,502
Coastwise 2,769Millwall899Danish513
Inland Navigation .1,293West India933Danzig Free State13
Estonian77
Premises on shore 6,764Poplar122French79
Finnish526
East India253
German689
Total 22,511Victoria910Greek174
Italian59
Royal Albert1,102Icelandic6
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—King George V717Japanese102
Latvian39
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1935 1,779Surrey Commercial1,878Norwegian and Swedish1,580
Tilbury1,073Polish19
Portuguese50
Gravesend DistrictRussian129
River—*Upper District2,867Roumanian17
Spanish30
Number of Vessels inspected:— In the Launches„ *Middle „1,707Yugo-Slavakian17
Egyptian30
„ *Lower „Hungarian1
" Howard Deighton " 1,570,, Medwav1,570Panama4
" Frederick 1 Whittingham " 4,574Total Vessels 15,747
"James Howell"Shore Premises 6,764Shore Premises 15,7476,764
Total 6,144Total 22,511Total 22,511
In the Docks, &c. 16,367
Total 22,511"Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington.
"Middle „ „ „ „ Erith.
"Lower Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.

APPENDIX XXYI.— General Summary , and Analysis,, of the Sanitary Inspections Vessels, &c., in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1935.

1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1935.
Total number of In
spections of vessels
from—
"Foreign"12,23911,80612,34512,18612,48911,07111,09012,02510,05211,68511,698-8
" Coastwise," " In
land Navigation,"
and other Inspec
tions ......10,21511,4279,9478,8808,6139,4299,8839,52510,80410,8269,954-9
Total22,45423,23322,29221,06621,10220,50020,97321,55020,85622,51121,653-7