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City of London 1957

[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, 1957,
Foreign Going
Steam—
Inspected 10,390
Defective 138
To be cleaned 379
Sail-
Inspected Nil
Defective Nil
To be cleaned Nil
Coastwise
Steam—
Inspected 1,989
Defective 18
To be cleaned 45
Sail—
Inspected 6
Defective Nil
To be cleaned 1
Inland Navigation
Steam—
Inspected 280
Defective 6
To be cleaned 48
Inland Navigation- Continued
Sail—
Inspected 3
Defective Nil
To be cleaned 1
Lighters-
Inspected 855
Defective Nil
To be cleaned 10
Canal Boats—
Inspected 50
Defective 22
To be cleaned Nil
Shore Premises
Inspected 8,877
Defective 99
To be cleaned 191
Sick Seamen referred to Hospital 85
Water Barges
No. in district in good condition on 31st
December, 1956 13
New Barges 1
Condemned Nil
Use discontinued Nil
Previously withdrawn and since resumed
work Nil
No. in district on 31st December, 1957 14
Inspections Dock and River No. Nationalities No.
American (U.S.A.) 153
Total Inspections London and St. Kats. 1,058 Argentinian 43
1st January to Belgian 59
31st December, 1957Regent's Canal 513 Brazilian 31
Foreign Going 10,390 Surrey Commercial 1,698 British 8 642
Coastwise 1,995 Bulgarian 2
Inland Navigation 1,138 Costa Rican 30
Shore Premises 8,871 Danish 138
East India 214 Dutch 1,231
Total 22,400 Eire 5
Finnish 199
West India 1,028 French 86
Millwall 652 German 941
Ghana 1
Number of Vessels inspected in Greek 60
the Launches Royal Albert 1,335 Honduras 2
Icelandic 11
Royal Victoria 729 Indian 17
"Alfred Roach" Israeli 31
"Howard Deighton" King George V. 915 Italian 53
Japanese 48
"Frederick Liberian 57
Whittingham" River—Upper 771 Monrovian 13
"Alfred Robertson" Panamanian 66
Polish 31
River—Middle 636 Portuguese 3
Puerto Rican 5
River-Lower 1,314 Russian 165
Spanish 68
River-Medway 1075 Swedish and Norwegian 1,265
Turkish 7
Yugo Slavian 60
Tilbury 1,585
In Docks, etc. 10,802 Total Vessels 13,523 Total Vessels 13,523
Shore Premises 8,377 Shore Premises 8,877 Shore Premises 8,877
Total 22,400 Total 22,400 Total 22,100
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