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City of London 1938

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

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APPENDIX XXYI.—G eneral Summary , and Analysis, of the Sanitary Inspections Vessels, &c., in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1938.

Foreign.Coastwise.Inland Navigation.Shore Premises.SickSeamenreferred to HospitalWater Barges.
Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Steam.Sail.Lighters (uninhabited)CanalBoats
InspectedDefective.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, 1937.New Barges.Condemned.Use discontinued.Previously with drawn and since resumed work.No. in District 31st December, 1938.
5.8296811,102 |8-—2,647520284421127108—8120245539—212572995,288658243712---——12
Inspections.Docks and River.No.Nationalities.No.
Total Inspections from 1st January to 31st December, 1938:—St. Katharine102American219
London1,056BRITISH8,573
Brazilian—
Foreign 9,837Regent's Canal641Bulgarian1
Belgian254
Coastwise 3 068Millwall585Dutch1,334
West India705Danish387
Inland Navigation .1,019Danzig Free State9
Premises on shore5,288Poplar16Egyptian8
Total19,212East India179Estonian112
French49
Victoria716Finnish572
German494
Cleansing of Crew's Quarters, &c.:—Royal Albert1,266Greek152
King George V575Hungarian3
Italian74
Total No. of Vessels from 1st January to 31st December, 19381,456Surrey Commercial1,759Icelandic5
Tilbury1,026Japanese82
Latvian90
Gravesend District—Lithuanian4
Norwegian and Swedish1,306
River—*Upper District1,842Panama4
Number of Vessels inspected:— In the Launches—„ *Middle „1,881Polish21
Portuguese26
,, *Lower „1,575Russian87
"Howard Deighton"1,575„ MedwayRoumanian5
" Frederick Whittingham "1,842Spanish20
Total Vessels13,924Uruguayan1
Yugo-Slavakian32
"Alfred Robertson"1,881Shore Premises13,924
Shore Premises5,2885,288
Total5,298Total19,212Total19,212
n the Docks, &c.8,626
Total13,924*Upper District extends from Greenwich to Teddington. *Middle „ „ „ „ Erith. *Lower „ „ „ Erith to outer limits of the Port of London.
1929.1930.1931.932.1933.1934.1935.1936.1937.1938.Yearly Average for the 10 years ending 31st Dec., 1938.
Total number of Inspections of vessels from—
"Foreign"12,18612,48911,07111,09012,02510,05211,68511,13310,5809,83711,214.8
"Coastwise," "Inland Navigation," and other Inspections8,8808,6139,4299,8839,52510,80410,82610,46810,9029,3759,870.5
Total21,06621,10220,500 20,97321,55020,85622,51121,60121,48219,21221,085.3