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City of London 1962

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

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Table: APPENDIX IVGeneral Summary and Analysis of the Sanitary Inspections, etc. in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1962.

APPENDIX IV

General Summary and Analysis of the Sanitary Inspections, etc. in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1962.

Type of Vessels/PremisesInspectedDefectiveTo be cleaned
Foreign Going :Steam12,615173502
SailNilNilNil
Coastwise :Steam1,678228
SailNilNilNil
Sub-Total14,293195510
Inland Navigation:Steam260Nil2
Sail2NilNil
Lighters8561125
Canal Boats :86193
Shore Premises :10,243103114
Sub-Total11,447133144
TOTAL25,740328654

Table: Areas where Foreign Going and Coastwise vessels were inspected

Areas where Foreign Going and Coastwise vessels were inspected

Dock and RiverNo. of Inspections
London & St. Catherine1,214
Regents Canal417
Surrey Commercial1,437
Fast India297
West India1,159No. of vessels inspected in launches
Millwall682
Royal Albert1,227("Alfred Roach"
Royal Victoria693862("Howard Deighton"
King George V705("Humphrey Morris
Upper River1,398
Middle River1,3542,752("Frederick Whittingham"
Lower River862("Alfred Robertson"
River Medway1,157
Tilbury1,69110,679Inspected in Docks, etc.
TOTAL14,29314,293

Table: Nationalities of Foreign Going and Coastwise Vessels Inspected

Nationalities of Foreign Going and Coastwise Vessels Inspected

No. of inspectionsNo. of inspections
American105Brought forward11,835
Argentine29Italian51
Bahamen1Japanese59
Belgian103Javanese2
British7,604Kuwait3
Brazilian12Lebanese23
Bulgarian17Levant1
Canadian1Liberian123
Costa Rica4Monrovian7
Danish304Moroccan3
Dutch1,634Nat. China3
Egyptian8Nigerian11
East German2Pakistan39
Finnish242Panama43
French110Persian12
German1,210Polish119
Ghana60Rumanian2
Greek214Sudanese4
Honduras1Spanish170
Icelandic4South African12
Indian110Sweden & Norway1,478
Indonesia4Swiss12
Iraqui4Turkish62
Irish2Uruguay9
Israeli50U.S.S.R.124
Carried fordward11,835Yugoslavian86
14,293

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During 1962 Port Health Inspectors referred 136 sick seamen to hospital.