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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX XXYI.
NUMBER OF NUISANCES ON VESSELS REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year
ended 31st December, 1937.
| description of nuisances. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Nuisances :— Number of complaints received | — | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| Number of recurrences reported | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Offensive Cargoes (Bye-laws):— Number of Infringements reported | 10 | 6 | 94 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 110 |
| Structural and other Defects:— Ventilation | 9 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 186 |
| Lighting | 33 | 42 | 28 | 31 | 20 | 22 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 41 | 41 | 391 |
| Heating | 27 | 46 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 239 |
| Bare iron in crew's quarters | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| Leaky decks, hawse-pipes, cable casings, &c | 9 | 33 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 168 |
| Defective bulkheads and floors | 14 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 195 |
| Sanitary conveniences | 14 | 22 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 101 | 50 | 180 | 66 | 47 | 52 | 596 |
| Ship's gear or stores stowed in crew's quarters | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Foul bilges and peaks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Storage of drinking water (dirty or defective tanks) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 43 |
| Dirty quarters | 168 | 195 | 139 | 256 | 111 | 135 | 110 | 110 | 112 | 159 | 131 | 145 | 1,771 |
| Verminous quarters | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 182 |
| Accumulation of offensive matter | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| Miscellaneous Nuisances | 16 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 261 | 250 | 280 | 229 | 162 | 180 | 1,457 |
| Totals | 321 | 427 | 368 | 413 | 219 | 231 | 594 | 550 | 725 | 581 | 472 | 528 | 5,429 |
| Total number of vessels on which sanitary defects were reported | 267 | 328 | 312 | 354 | 169 | 172 | 248 | 253 | 258 | 293 | 213 | 236 | 3,103 |
| Total number of vessels on which sanitary defects were remedied | 232 | 293 | 196 | 329 | 167 | 165 | 140 | 149 | 158 | 246 175 | 192 | 2,442 | |
| (Includes Orders made in previous years and reported carried out during 1937.) NUMBER OF NUISANCES IN THE RIVER REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ended 31st December, 1937. | |||||||||||||
| Offensive condition of River Water | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |