Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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1. amount op shipping entering the port during the year, 1946.
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Number | Tonnage | Number inspected | Number Reported to be Defective | Number of Vessels on Which Defects were Reported | Number of Vessels on which Defecates were found and Reported to the Ministry of Transports Surveyors | number of Vessels Reported As Having Had During the Voyage, Infections Disease on Board. | |||
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By the Medical officer of health | By the Sanitary Inspector | ||||||||
Foreign | Steamers. | 3#233. | 7,471,244 | 1,321 | 4949 | 827 | 799 | 58 | 104 |
2,312. | 2,526,963. | 231 | |||||||
Sailing | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |||
Fishing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Total | Foreign | 5,545. | 9,998,206. | 1,553. | 4949 | 799- | 515. | ||
Coast Wise | 6,61 6,067. | — | 1,546. | 51 | — | ||||
Motor | — | ||||||||
Sailing | 40,735 | — | — | — | — | ||||
Fishing | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Total Coastwise | 9,727. | 7,3 15,981. | — | 1,644. | 206. | 51 | — | ||
Total Foreign and Coastwise | 15,272. | 17,314, 167 | 1,553. | 6,593 | 955. | 109. |
MEDICAL INSPECTION OP ALIENS.
Annual Return by the Medical Inspector of Aliens for the year ended 31st December,1946.
Total | number Inspected By the Medical Inspector | Number Subjected to detailed Examination by the Medical Inspector | Certificates Issued. | Trans: Migrants | |||||
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Lunatic idiot ORDM | Undesir Able for Medical Reasons | Physically inspect iated. | Suffering From acute Infectious Disease. | Landing Necessary for Adequate Medical Examin ation | |||||
10,263 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Total Aliens | 12,305 | — | — | — | — |
Total number of vessels arriving carrying Alien passengers..763.
Number of vessels dealt with by the Medical Inspector 523.
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