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City of London 1959

[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, 1959

Foreign GoingInland Navigation
Steam—Steam—
Inspected299
Inspected10,944Defective4
Defective154To be cleaned42
To be cleaned429
Sail—
Sail—Inspected6
DefectiveNil
InspectedNilTo be cleaned1
DefectiveNilLighters—
To be cleanedNil
Inspected1,221
DefectiveNil
To be cleaned70
CoastwiseCanal Boats
Steam—Inspected113
Defective25
Inspected1,612To be cleanedNil
Defective12
To be cleaned24Shore Premises
Inspected9,630
Sail—Defective46
To be cleaned226
Inspected4
DefectiveNilSick Seamen referred to Hospital by Port Health Inspectors46
To be cleaned1
InspectionsDock and RiverNo.NationalitiesNo.
Total Inspections 1st January to 31st December 1959:—London and St. Kats.849American (U.S.A.)198
Arab2
Regent's Canal592Argentinian23
Belgian62
Foreign Going10,944Surrey Commercial1,694Brazilian21
Coastwise1,616British8,705
Inland NavigationBulgarian26
Inland Navigationi ,dzoEast India214Chinese1
Shore Premises9,630Costa Rican6
Total23,716Danish180
West India1,139Dutch1,356
Eire20
Finnish256
Millwall628French76
German920
Royal Albert1,434Ghana19
Greek98
Guatamala2
Royal Victoria796Honduras3
Icelandic5
Indian33
Number of Vessels inspected in the Launches:—dKing George V.954Iranian.1
Israeli18
Italian71
"Alfred Roach"687River—Upper687Japanese62
Kuwait3
"Howard Deighton"Lebanese10
River—Middle724Liberian138
"Federick Whittingham"1,411Nicaragua1
Nigerian5
"Alfred Robertson"River—Lower .1,289Panamanian52
Polish34
Portuguese16
River—Medway1,253Russian143
Spanish58
Swiss13
Tilbury1,833Swedish and Norwegian1,359
Turkish24
Venezuelan2
Yugo SIavian64
In Docks, etc.11,988Total Vessels14,086Total Vessels14,086
Shore Premises9,630Shore Premises9,630Shore Premises9,630
TOTAL23,716TOTAL23,716TOTAL23,716