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City of London 1961

[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, 1961

Type of Vessels/PremisesInspectedDefectiveTo be cleaned
Foreign Going:Steam11,969186386
SailNilNilNil
Coastwise:Steam1,376313
SailNilNilNil
Sub-Total13,345217389
Inland Navigation:Steam124Nil2
SailNilNilNil
Lighters573725
Canal Boats:160727
Shore Premises:10,923245209
Sub-Total11,780324243
TOTAL25,125541632

Areas where Foreign Going and Coastwise vessels were inspected

Dock and RiverNo. o f Inspections
London & St. Katherine1,206
Regents Canal479
Surrey Commercial1,462
East India266
West India1,222
Millwall661No. of vessels inspected in launches
Royal Albert1,237
Royal Victoria845"Alfred Roach"
King George V761667"Howard Deighton"
U pper River667
Middle River965"Frederick Whittingham"
Lower River7911,756"Alfred Robertson"
River Medway1,106
Tilbury1,67710,922Inspected in Docks etc.
TOTAL13,34513,345

Nationalities of Foreign Going and Coastwise Vessels inspected

No. o f inspectionsNo. of inspections
American (U.S.A.)134brought forward11,077
Argentinian36Italian56
Belgian107Japanese80
Brazilian23Lebonese14
British7,508Liberian102
Bulgarian6Monrovian15
Costa Rican4Nigerian14
Danish188Pakistani5
Dutch1,390Panamanian67
Finnish227Polish67
French82Portuguese2
German1,072Russian147
Ghanian29South African11
Greek141Spanish163
Icelandic6Swiss6
Indian83Norwegian & Swedish1,377
Iranian10Turkish48
Israeli31Yugoslavian94
Carried forward11,077TOTAL13,345

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