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City of London 1936

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

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APPENDIX XXIII.—General Summary, and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections Vessels, &c., in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1936.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.Sick Seamenreferred to HospitalWater 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, 1935.New Barges.Condemned.Use discontinued.Previously with-drawn and since resumed work.No. in District 31st December, 1936.
11,10556111,3082832,7861543364617033202210157562543109167726,0701771,0892001212
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31stSt. Katharine184American247
BRITISH9,603
December. 1936:—London1,226Brazilian1
Foreign1,133Regent's Canal566Bulgarian9
Belgian181
Coastwise3,247Millwall896Dutch1,294
Danish419
Inland Navigation1,151West India939Danzig Free State4
Premises on shore6,070Poplar156Egyptian5
Total21,601East India209Egyptian79
French59
Victoria874Finnish626
German630
Royal Albert1,145Greek153
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—King George V ...743Hungarian3
Surrey Commercial2,042Italian47
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 1936 1,6Tilbury1,137Japanese Latvian123 51
Gravesend DistrictLithuanian1
1.803Mexican1
River—* Upper District2,035Norwegian and Swedish1,670
Number of Vessels inspected:— In the Launches—Panama10
„Middle „1,578Polish15
„ *Lower „1,801Portuguese55
" Howard Deighton"1,801Russian138
„ MedwayRoumanian11
Spanish13
"Frederick Whittingham "3,613Total Vessels15,531Yugo-Slavakian78
"James Howell"Shore Premises6,070Shore Premises15,531 6,070
Total5,414Total21,601
In the Docks, &c.16,187Total21,601
Total21,601*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. *Middle „ „ „ „ Erith. *Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.

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1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.Y early Average for the 10 years ending 31st Deo., 1936.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"11,80612,34512,18612,48911,07111,09012,02510,05211,68511,13311,588.2
" Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections11,4279,9478,8808,6139,4299,8839,52510,80410,82610,4689,980.2
Total23,23322.29221,06621,10220,50020,97321,55020,85622,51121,60121,568.4