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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX XXVII.
NUMBER OF NUISANCES AND SANITARY DEFECTS ON VESSELS REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ended 31st December, 1938.
| Description of nuisances. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Nuisances:— | |||||||||||||
| Number of complaints received | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Number of recurrences reported | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Offensive Cargoes (Bye-laws):— | |||||||||||||
| Number of Infringements reported | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | — | 4 |
| Structural and other Defects:— | |||||||||||||
| Ventilation | 28 | 39 | 33 | 21 | 40 | 35 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 318 |
| Lighting | 35 | 30 | 37 | 24 | 56 | 44 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 351 |
| Heating | 48 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 201 |
| Bare iron in crew's quarters | 12 | 7 | 7 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 39 |
| Leaky decks, hawse-pipes, cable casings, &c. | 64 | 46 | 33 | 17 | 33 | 18 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 343 |
| Defective bulkheads and floors | 30 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 198 |
| Sanitary conveniences | 132 | 105 | 86 | 59 | 104 | 76 | 48 | 50 | 23 | 43 | 44 | 55 | 825 |
| Ship's gear or stores stowed in crew's quarters | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Foul bilges and peaks | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Storage of drinking water (dirty or defective tanks) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | - | — | 1 | 22 |
| Defective or inadequate clothes lockers | 83 | 85 | 57 | 36 | 62 | 36 | 29 | 36 | 14 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 521 |
| Defective or inadequate food lockers | 34 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 161 |
| Absence of washplace | 75 | 67 | 46 | 24 | 51 | 34 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 31 | 27 | 436 |
| Absence of messroom | 84 | 64 | 55 | 36 | 76 | 39 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 505 |
| Dirty and neglected paintwork or Distemper in quarters | 46 | 41 | 28 | 19 | 53 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 276 |
| Dirty quarters | 169 | 145 | 122 | 121 | 109 | 84 | 133 | 104 | 96 | 100 | 115 | 118 | 1,416 |
| Verminous quarters | 19 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 109 |
| Accumulation of offensive matter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Miscellaneous Nuisances | 18 | 59 | 44 | 35 | 75 | 57 | 30 | 35 | 44 | 30 | 32 | 41 | 500 |
| Totals | 888 | 795 | 628 | 438 | 740 | 493 | 427 | 397 | 307 | 313 | 402 | 434 | 6,262 |
| Total number of vessels on which sanitary defects were reported | 339 | 327 | 250 | 202 | 235 | 169 | 210 | 198 | 150 | 148 | 188 | 196 | 2,611 |
| Total number of vessels on which sanitary defects were remedied | 225 | 205 | 162 | 164 | 170 | 130 | 190 | 145 | 110 | 132 | 162 | 165 | 1,960 |
NUMBER OF NUISANCES IN THE RIVER REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during
the year ended 31st December, 1938.
| Offensive condition of River Water | |||||||||||||
| Totals |