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City of London 1964

[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, 1964.

APPENDIX IV

General Summary and Analysis of the Sanitary Inspections, etc. in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1964.

Type of Vessels/PremisesInspectedDefectiveTo be cleaned
Foreign Going:Steam13,038245450
Sail———
Coastwise:Steam2,155427
Sail———
Sub-Total15,193287457
Inland Navigation:Steam15263
Sail———
Lighters535106
Canal Boats:4--
Shore Premises:8,47997113
Sub-Total9,170113122
TOTAL24,363400579

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. Katharine1,003
Regents Canal345
Surrey Commercial1,293
East India237
West India1,036No. of vessels inspected in Launches
Millwall600
Royal Albert1,0751,931"Alfred Roach"
Royal Victoria865
"Humphrey Morris"
King George V761
Upper River1,703
Middle River1,4103,113" Frederick Whittingham"
Lower River1,931"Alfred Robertson"
River Medway1,737
Tilbury1,19710,149Inspected in Docks, etc.
TOTAL15,19315,193

Table: Nationalities of Foreign Going and Coastwise vessels inspected.

Nationalities of Foreign Going and Coastwise vessels inspected.

No. of InspectionsNo. of Inspections
Brought forward12,200
America110Israel58
Argentina28Italy50
Belgium190Jamaica1
Brazil4Japan53
Bulgaria21Kuwait1
Burma17Lebanon24
Costa Rica1Liberia169
Cyprus2Morocco1
Czechoslovakia9New Zealand1
Denmark379Nicaragua1
Egypt18Nigeria63
Eire11Pakistan38
Ethiopia2Panama89
Finland312Poland204
Formosa7Romania1
France112Sudan13
Germany (West)1,298Spain160
Germany( East)4South Africa10
Ghana38Sweden and Norway1,731
Great Britain7,085Switzerland10
Greece301Thailand3
Holland2,080Tunisia1
Iceland21Turkey57
India123Uruguay4
Indonesia18U.S.S.R.188
Iraq9Yugoslavia62
Carried forward12,20015,193

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During 1964 Port Health Inspectors referred 101 sick seamen to Hospital.
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