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City of London 1952

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

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APPENDIX V—General Summary and Analysis of the Sanitary Inspections, etc., in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1952.

Foreign. Steam—Inland Navigation.—Continued Sail-
Inspected8,190Inspected16
Defective34Defective
To be cleaned1504To be cleaned4
Sail—Lighters—
Inspected21Inspected990
Defective1Defective4
To be cleaned1To be cleaned14
Coastwise. Steam—Canal Boats—
Inspected36
Defective6
To be cleaned
Inspected2,335Shore Premises.
Defective68
To be cleaned161Inspected8,889
Sail-Defective55
To be cleaned349
Inspected18
DefectiveSick Seamen referred to Hospital96
To be cleaned3
Island Navigation. Steam—Water Barc.es.
No. in district in good condition on 31st December, 195113
New Barges1
Condemned
Inspected143Use discontinued
Defective2Previously withdrawn and since resumed work
To be cleaned11No. in district on 31st December, 195214
Inspections.Dock and River.No.Nationalities.No.
American97
Total Inspections 1st January to 31st December, 1952:—London and St. Kats.821Argentinian28
Belgian90
Regent's Canal551Brazilian1
British8,063
Foreign8,211Surrey Commercial1,082Chilian
Coastwise2.353Costa Rica9
Inland Navigation1,149Danish228
Shore Premises8,889East India225Dutch1,181
Total20,602Egyptian1
Finnish116
West India860French88
German374
Millwall628Greek60
Honduras9
Number of Vessels inspected in the Launches:—Icelandic8
Royal Albert861Indian40
Israeli30
Royal Victoria510Italian57
"Alfred Roach"2,009Japanese16
"Howard Deighton"King George V.491Liberian11
Monrovian
"Frederick Whittingham"1,597Pakistan11
River—Upper1,597Panamanian100
"Alfred Robertson"1,106Polish21
River—Middle1,106Portuguese10
Roumanian1
Russian43
4,712River—Lower2,009Spanish25
Swede and Norwegian886
River MedwaySwiss10
Turkish14
Tilbury972Uruguayan
Yugo Slavian85
In Docks, etc.7,001Total Vessels11,713Total Vessels11,713
Shore Premises8,889Shore Premises8,889Shore Premises8,889
Total20,602Total20,602Total20,602