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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I. AMOUNT OF SHIPPING ENTERING THE PORT DURING THE YEAR 1951.
TABLE A.
Number | Tonnage | Number Inspected | Number reported to be defective | Number of vessels on which defects were remedied | Number of vessels on which defects were found & report-ed to Ministry of Transport Sur-veyors | Number of vessels reported as having or having had, during the voyage, infectious disease on board. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
By the Medical Officer of Health | By the Sanitary Inspec-tor | |||||||
(Steamers | 5,031 | 11,946,683 | 1,316 | 7,847 | 779 | 769 | 10 | 165 |
Foreign(Motor | 6,718 | 6,748,569 | 564 | |||||
(Sailing | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - |
(Fi shing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total Foreign | 11,749 | 18,695,252 | 1,880 | 7,858 | 779 | 769 | 10 | 165 |
(Steamers | 7,620 | 7,450,253 | 2,070 | 178 | 168 | 17 | 5 | |
. (Motor | 4,805 | 2,154,201 | ||||||
Coastmse(Sailing | 242 | 16,023 | - | 38 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
(Fishing | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Total Coast-wise | 12,667 | 9,620,477 | - | 2,108 | 184 | 174 | 17 | 5 |
Total Foreign & Coast-wise | 24,416 | 28,315,729 | 1,880 | 9,966 | 963 | 943 | 27 | 170 |
II. CHARACTER AND TRADE OF THE PORT
(a) Passenger Traffic during the year -
(i) To and From Non-European Countries®
1st Class | 2nd Class | 3rd Class * | Tourist Class | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INWARD | 26,497 | 277 | 424 | 33,644 | 60,842 |
OUTWARDS | 34,263 | 3,617 | 552 | 48,536 | 86,968 |
* Includes Cabin Class.
(ii) To and From the Continent of Europe.
INWARD 42,368
OUTWARD 39,537
Countries from -which passengers principally arrive India, Australia,
New Zealand, South America, the Far East and the United States of America.
(b) Cargo Traffic (imports and Exports).
Particulars for the year 1951 are not available.
(c) Foreign ports from -which vessels arrive:
The Port of London trades with all parts of the world.
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