[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London] page -

City of London 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

This page requires JavaScript

Download table as:

APPENDIX IV

General Summary and Analysis of the Sanitary Inspections etc. in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1961

Type of Vessels/Premises		Inspected	Defective	To be cleaned
Foreign Going:	Steam	11,969	186	386
Foreign Going:	Sail	Nil	Nil	Nil
Coastwise:	Steam	1,376	31	3
	Sail	Nil	Nil	Nil
	Sub-Total	13,345	217	389
Inland Navigation:	Steam	124	Nil	2
	Sail	Nil	Nil	Nil
	Lighters	573	7	25
Canal Boats:		160	72	7
Shore Premises:		10,923	245	209
	Sub-Total	11,780	324	243
	TOTAL	25,125	541	632

Download table as:

Areas where Foreign Going and Coastwise vessels were inspected

Dock and River	No. o f Inspections
London & St. Katherine	1,206
Regents Canal	479
Surrey Commercial	1,462
East India	266
West India	1,222
Millwall	661		No. of vessels inspected in launches
Royal Albert	1,237
Royal Victoria	845		"Alfred Roach"
King George V	761	667	"Howard Deighton"
U pper River	667
Middle River	965		"Frederick Whittingham"
Lower River	791	1,756	"Alfred Robertson"
River Medway	1,106
Tilbury	1,677	10,922	Inspected in Docks etc.
TOTAL	13,345	13,345

Download table as:

Nationalities of Foreign Going and Coastwise Vessels inspected

Copy text to clipboard

During 1961 Port Health Inspectors referred 79 sick seamen to hospital.