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City of London 1956

[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 of

London for the year ended 31st December, 1956.

Foreign GoingInland NAviGATiON-Continuerf
Steam—Sail-
Inspected10,215Inspected-
Defective331Defective-
To be cleaned435To be cleaned-
Sail—Lighters—
InspectedInspected937
DefectiveDefective4
To be cleaned-To be cleaned17
Canal Boats—
CoastwiseInspected71
Defective21
Steam-To be cleaned
Inspected2,337
Defective89Shore Premises
To be cleaned65
Inspected10,516
Sail-Detective152
To be cleaned254
Inspected10Sick Seamen referred to Hospital48
Defective—
To be cleaned—
Inland NavigationWater Barges
No. in district in good condition on 31st December, 195513
New Barges-
Steam-Condemned_
Use discontinued_
Inspected138Previously withdrawn and since resumed work._
Defective .23
To be cleaned17No. in district on 31st December, 195613
Inspections Dock and RiverNo. Nationalities No
Total Inspections London and St.Kats.American (U.S.A.)126
988 Argentinian43
1st January toBelgian74
31st December, 1956:— Regent's Canal521 Brazilian26
Foreign Going 10,215 Surrey Commercial1,386 British9,057
Coastwise 2,347Bulgarian1
Inland navigation I,075Chilian2
Shore Premises10,516Costa Rican13
East India239 Danish166
Total 24,153Dutch1,206
Finnish190
French83
West India .1,072. German685
Millwall608 Greek50
Number of Vessels inspected inHonduras7
Icelandic5
the Launches :— Royal Albert1,351 Indian16
Israeli33
Royal Victori "Alfred Roach"a 417 Italian47
Japanese67
"Howard Deighton" 1,737 King George V1,434 Latvian6
Liberian90
"FrederickMonrovian2
Whittingham" 841 River—Upper841 Moroccan1
Pakistani4
Panamanian58
"Alfred River—Middle657 Polish49
Robertson" 657Portuguese3
River—Lower River—Medwa1,737 Puerto Rican23
Russian69
912 Spanish50
TilburySwedish and Norwegian1,292
Swiss6
1,474Turkish23
Yugo Slavian55
In Docks, etc.10,402 Total Vessels13,637 Total Vessels13,637
Shore Premises 10,516 Shore Premises10,516 Shore Premises10,516
Total 24,153 Total24,153 Total24,153