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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX IV-General Summary and Analysis of the Sanitary Inspections, etc., in the Port o f
London for the year ended 31st December, 1954.
Foreign Going.
Inland Navigation.-Continued
Steam
Sail-
Inspected
10,261
Inspected
-
Defective
277
Defective
-
To be cleaned
461
To be cleaned
-
Sail-
-
Lighters-
Inspected
-
Inspected
617
Defective
-
Defective
8
To be cleaned
-
To be cleaned
Canal Boats-
22
Coastwise.
Steam-
Inspected
Defective
To be cleaned
85
15
2
Inspected
1,772
Defective
28
oHORE JrREMISES.
To be cleaned
69
Inspected
7,579
Sail-
Defective
154
To be cleaned ...
202
Inspected
11
Defective
1
Sick Seamen referred to Hospital
70
To be cleaned
Water Barges.
Inland Navigation.
No. in district in good condition on 31st
December, 1953...
11
Steam-
New Barges
-
Condemned
-
Inspected
93
Use discontinued
-
Defective
5
Previously withdrawn and since resumed work
3
To be cleaned
4
No. in district on 31st December, 1954
14
Inspections. Dock and River. No. Nationalities. No
American (U.S.A.) ... 106
Total Inspections London and St. Kats. 901 Argentinian 36
1st January to Belgian
5631st December, 1954:- Regent's Canal 529 Brazilian 13
Foreign Going 10,261 Surrey Commercial 1,260 British 8,225
Coastwise 1,783 Costa Rican 21
Inland Navigation 710 Danish 199
Shore Premises 7,579 East India 225 Dutch 1,336
Finnish 162
Total 20,333 French 93
West India 1,079 German 617
Millwall 619 Greek 84
Honduras 2
Number of Vessels inspected in Icelandic 7
the Launches:- Royal Albert 1,200 Indian 16
Israeli 16
Royal Victoria 801 Italian 58
" Alfred Roach" 1 790 Japanese 37
"Howard Deighton" J ' " King George V 782 Liberian 53
Monrovian 10
" Frederick Moroccan 1
Whittingham" 1,004 River-Upper ... 1,004 Panamanian 123
Polish 27
" Alfred River-Middle 650 Portuguese 18
Robertson" 650 Puerto Rican 4
Russian 63
South African 2
River-Lower 1,790 Spanish 33
Swedish and Norwegian 1,234
River Medway 757 Swiss 24
Syrian 1
Tilbury 1,157 Turkish 26
Yugo Slavian 51
In Docks, etc 9,310 Total Vessels 12,754 Total Vessels 12,754
Shore Premises 7,579 Shore Premises 7,579 Shore Premises 7,579
Total 20,333 Total 20,333 Total 20,333
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