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City of London 1963
[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, 1963.
| Type of Vessels/Premises | Inspected | Defective | To be cleaned | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Going: | Steam | 12,532 | 210 | 493 |
| Sail | 3 | — | - | |
| Coastwise: | Steam | 1,944 | 98 | 23 |
| Sail | 1 | — | — | |
| Sub-Total | 14,480 | 308 | 516 | |
| Inland Navigation: | Steam | 153 | 2 | 7 |
| Sail | — | - | — | |
| Lighters | 616 | 4 | 19 | |
| Canal Boats: | 12 | 2 | 3 | |
| Shore Premises: | 10,422 | 314 | 245 | |
| Sub-Total | 11,203 | 322 | 274 | |
| TOTAL | 25,683 | 630 | 790 | |
Areas where Foreign Going and Coastwise vessels were inspected.
| Dock and River N | No. of Inspections | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| London & St. Katharine | 1,083 | ||
| Regents Canal | 380 | ||
| Surrey Commercial | 1,302 | ||
| East India | 216 | ||
| West India | 990 | No. of vessels inspected in Launches | |
| Millwall | 660 | ||
| Royal Albert | 1,141 | ||
| Royal Victoria | 924 | 1,294 | ("Alfred Roach" |
| King George V | 773 | ("Humphrey Morris" | |
| Upper River | 1,215 | ||
| Middle River | 1,522 | 2,737 | (" Frederick Whittingham" |
| Lower River | 1,294 | ("Alfred Robertson" | |
| River Medway | 1,160 | ||
| Tilbury | 1,820 | 10,449 | Inspected in Docks, etc. |
| TOTAL | 14,480 | 14,480 |
Nationalities of Foreign Going and Coastwise vessels inspected.
| No. of Inspections | No. of Inspections | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| American | 100 | Brought forward | 11,693 |
| Argentinian | 30 | Israeli | 38 |
| Belgian | 118 | Italian | 67 |
| Brazilian | 6 | Japanese | 60 |
| British | 7,356 | Javanese | 6 |
| Bulgarian | 11 | Kuwait | 2 |
| Burmese | 4 | Lebonese | 23 |
| Chinese | 1 | Liberian | 128 |
| Costa Rican | 5 | Monrovian | 12 |
| Cuban | 2 | Nationalist Chinese | 1 |
| Czechoslovakian | 2 | Nigerian | 35 |
| Danish | 300 | Pakistani | 16 |
| Dutch | 1,727 | Panamanian | 85 |
| East German | 12 | Persian | 2 |
| Egyptian | 19 | Polish | 132 |
| Finnish | 233 | Rumanian | 2 |
| French | 104 | Scandinavian | 3 |
| German (West) | 1,237 | Sudanese | 10 |
| Ghanaian | 46 | Spanish | 140 |
| Greek | 228 | Sth. African | 4 |
| Hongkong | 1 | Swedish & Norwegian | 1,680 |
| Icelandic | 6 | Swiss | 13 |
| Indian | 130 | Turkish | 70 |
| Indonesian | 3 | Uruguayan | 5 |
| Iraqui | 9 | U.S.S.R. | 167 |
| Irish | 3 | Yugoslavian | 86 |
| 11,693 | 14,480 | ||
| During 1963 Port Health Inspectors referred 119 sick seamen to Hospital. | |||