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City of London 1937

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

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APPENDIX XXV.—G eneral Summary, and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections Vessels, &c., in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1937.

ForeignCoastwiseInland NavigationShore PremisesSick 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be Cleaned.No. in District ingood condition 31st December, 1936.New Barges.Condemned.Use discontinued.Previously withdrawn and since resumed work.No in destiot
10,5697081,2841112,491401317649734913728101453351,146181003307156,004 2565412----12
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities. I,NO
Total Inspections fromSt. Katharine97American241
1st January to 31stLondon1,209BRITISH9,850
December, 1937:—Brazilian-
Foreign 10,580Eegent's Canal610 Bulgarian1
Coastwise 3,140Millwall650.Belgian1,264
Dutch345
Inland Navigation . 1,758West India696Danish3
Danzig Free State8
Premises on shore... 6,004Poplar48Egyptian96
East India115Estonian65
Total 21,482French575
Victoria944Finnish604
Eoyal Albert1,437German172
Greek-
Cleansing of Crew's QuarKing George V ...692Hungaria97
ters, &c.:—Surrey Commercial2,165Italian4
Icelandic97
Total No. of VesselsTilbury1,062Japanese54
from 1st JanuaryLatvian6
to 31st December, 1937 1,771Gravesend DistrictLithuanian1,478
Norwegian and Swedish5
Number of Vessels inspected:—River—*Upper District1,858Panama27
Polish21
Portuguese122
" Howard Deighton" 2 035„ *Lower „2,035Russian8
Roumanian48
„ MedwaySpanish1
Turkish113
"Frederick Whittingham ""James Howell"3,718Total Vessels15,478Yugo-Slavakian13
Shore Premises6,00415
Total5,753Total 21,482Total21,482
In the Docks, &c.9,725
Total15,478*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. *Middle „ „ „ „ Erith. "Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.1937.Yec Avera the 1( endin Dec.,
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"12,3412,18612,48911,07111,09012,02:10,05211,68511,13310,58011,4
" Coastwise," " Inland Navigation," and other Inspections9,941 8,8808,6139,4299,8839,52£10,80410,82610,46810,9029,9
Total22,29221,066 21,10220,50020,97321,55C20,85622,51121,60121,48221,3