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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| Foreign Going | Inland NAviGATiON-Continuerf | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspected | 10,215 | - | |
| Defective | 331 | Defective | - |
| To be cleaned | 435 | To be cleaned | - |
| Inspected | Inspected | 937 | |
| Defective | Defective | 4 | |
| To be cleaned | - | To be cleaned | 17 |
| Coastwise | Inspected | 71 | |
| Defective | 21 | ||
| To be cleaned | |||
| 2,337 | |||
| Defective | 89 | Shore Premises | |
| To be cleaned | 65 | ||
| Inspected | 10,516 | ||
| Detective | 152 | ||
| To be cleaned | 254 | ||
| 10 | Sick Seamen referred to Hospital | 48 | |
| Defective | — | ||
| To be cleaned | — | ||
| Inland Navigation | Water Barges | ||
| No. in district in good condition on 31st December, 1955 | 13 | ||
| New Barges | - | ||
| Condemned | _ | ||
| Use discontinued | _ | ||
| 138 | Previously withdrawn and since resumed work. | _ | |
| Defective . | 23 | ||
| To be cleaned | 17 | No. in district on 31st December, 1956 | 13 |
| Total Inspections London and St.Kats. | American (U.S.A.) | 126 | |
| 988 Argentinian | 43 | ||
| 1st January to | Belgian | 74 | |
| 31st December, 1956:— Regent's Canal | 521 Brazilian | 26 | |
| Foreign Going 10,215 Surrey Commercial | 1,386 British | 9,057 | |
| Coastwise 2,347 | Bulgarian | 1 | |
| Inland navigation I,075 | Chilian | 2 | |
| Shore Premises10,516 | Costa Rican | 13 | |
| East India | 239 Danish | 166 | |
| Total 24,153 | Dutch | 1,206 | |
| Finnish | 190 | ||
| French | 83 | ||
| West India . | 1,072. German | 685 | |
| Millwall | 608 Greek | 50 | |
| Number of Vessels inspected in | Honduras | 7 | |
| Icelandic | 5 | ||
| the Launches :— Royal Albert | 1,351 Indian | 16 | |
| Israeli | 33 | ||
| Royal Victori "Alfred Roach" | a 417 Italian | 47 | |
| Japanese | 67 | ||
| "Howard Deighton" 1,737 King George V | 1,434 Latvian | 6 | |
| Liberian | 90 | ||
| "Frederick | Monrovian | 2 | |
| Whittingham" 841 River—Upper | 841 Moroccan | 1 | |
| Pakistani | 4 | ||
| Panamanian | 58 | ||
| "Alfred River—Middle | 657 Polish | 49 | |
| Robertson" 657 | Portuguese | 3 | |
| River—Lower River—Medwa | 1,737 Puerto Rican | 23 | |
| Russian | 69 | ||
| 912 Spanish | 50 | ||
| Tilbury | Swedish and Norwegian | 1,292 | |
| Swiss | 6 | ||
| 1,474Turkish | 23 | ||
| Yugo Slavian | 55 | ||
| In Docks, etc.10,402 Total Vessels | 13,637 Total Vessels | 13,637 | |
| Shore Premises 10,516 Shore Premises | 10,516 Shore Premises | 10,516 | |
| Total 24,153 Total | 24,153 Total | 24,153 | |