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City of London 1958

[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, 1958,

Foreign Going Steam-Inland Navigation— Continued Sail—
Inspected10,706Inspected3
Defective194DefectiveNil
To be cleaned439To be cleanedNil
Sail-Lightersr-
InspectedNilInspected770
DefectiveNilDefectiveNil
To be cleanedNilTo be cleaned24
Canal Boats
CoastwiseInspected19
Defective3
Steam—To be cleanedNil
Inspected1,890
Defective20Shore Premises
To be cleaned39Inspected9,844
Sail-Defective78
To be cleaned321
Inspected9Sick Seamen referred to Hospital45
DefectiveNil
To be cleaned2
Water Barges
Inland NavigationNo. in district in good condition on 31st
December, 195714
New BargesNil
Steam—CondemnedNil
Use discontinuedNil
Inspected243Previously withdrawn and since resumed
Defective2workNil
To be cleaned57No. in district on 31st December, 195814
InspectionsDock and RiverNo.NationalitiesNo.
American (U.S.A.)185
Total Inspections 1st January to 31st December, 1958:—London and St. Kats.990Arab1
Argentinian32
Regent's Canal568Belgian Brazilian63 21
Foreign Going10,706Surrey Commercial1,667British8,528
Coastwise1,899East India239Bulgarian7
Inland Navigation1,035Chinese2
Shore Premises9,844Costa Rican3
Total23,484Danish152
Dutch1,372
Eire12
Finnish181
French74
Number of Vessels inspected in the Launches:—West India1,187German980
Mill wall721Ghana4
Royal Albert1,440Greek63
Guatemala1
Honduras3
Icelandic4
Royal Victoria838Indian24
"Alfred Roach"1,201Iranian3
King George V908Israeli33
"Howard Deighton"Italian65
River— Upper549Japanese87
"Frederick Whittingham"1,289Lebanese1
Liberien61
"Alfred Robertson"River—Middle740Monrovian24
Pakistan1
In Docks, etc.11,150Panamanian64
Polish45
River—Lower1,201Portuguese3
Rumanian1
Russian121
River—Medway985Spanish97
Swiss3
Tilbury1,607Swedish and Norwegian1,226
Tonga1
Turkish24
Yugo Slavian68
Total Vessels13,640Total Vessels13,640
Shore Premises9,844Shore Premises9,844Shore Premises9,844
Total23,484Total23,484Total23,484