Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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General Summary Analysis of the Sanitary Inspections etc. in the Port of London for the year ended 31st December, 1970:-
Type of Vessel/Premises | Inspected | Defective | To be cleaned |
---|---|---|---|
Foreign Going: Steam | 11,459 | 191 | 150 |
Sail | - | - | - |
Coastwise: Steam | 1,126 | 13 | 2 |
Sail | 2 | - | - |
12,587 | 204 | 152 | |
Inland | |||
Navigation: Steam | 206 | 7 | 1 |
Sail | - | - | - |
Lighters | 405 | 59 | 89 |
Canal Boats: | - | - | - |
Shore Premises: | 9,544 | 196 | 111 |
10,155 | 262 | 201 | |
TOTAL | 22,742 | 466 | 353 |
Areas where Foreign Going and Coastwise vessels were inspected.
Dock and River | No. of Inspections | No. of Vessels inspected in Launches | |
---|---|---|---|
Surrey and Regents Canal Dock | 710 | "Victor Allcard" "Humphrey Morris" Lower River | 921 |
India Dock (ioup | 1,762 | ||
Royal Dock Group | 1,622 | ||
Tilbury Dock | 3,024 | "Alfred Roach" Upper and Middle River | 2,759 |
Upper River | 1,187 | ||
Middle River | 1,572 | ||
Lower River | 921 | ||
Medway | 1,046 | 8,907 | |
Thameshaven | 743 | ||
TOTAL | 12,587 | 12,587 |
Countries of Origin of Foreign Going and Coastwise vessels inspected.
No. of Inspections | No. of Inspections | ||
---|---|---|---|
Argentina | 9 | Brought Forward | 8,267 |
Australia | 6 | Kuwait | 26 |
Bahamas | 2 | Lebanon | 2 |
Belgium | 114 | Liberia | 340 |
Bermuda | 5 | Malaysia | 4 |
Brazil | 12 | Malta | 1 |
Bulgaria | 16 | Mauritius | 7 |
Burma | 4 | Mexico | 2 |
Canada | 1 | Morocco | 3 |
Chile | 1 | Netherlands | 1,450 |
China | 16 | Nigeria | 24 |
Cuba | 10 | Pakistan | 66 |
Curacao | 4 | Panama | 86 |
Cyprus | 76 | Persia | 1 |
Denmark | 360 | Peru | 1 |
Eire | 3 | Poland | 164 |
Ethiopia | 12 | Portugal | 48 |
Finland | 269 | Rumania | 56 |
France | 127 | Singapore | 28 |
Germany | 2,181 | Somalia | 6 |
Ghana | 48 | Spain | 195 |
Great Britain | 4,247 | South Africa | 32 |
Greece | 374 | Sudan | 10 |
Honduras | 1 | Sweden and Norway | 1,356 |
Hongkong | 2 | Switzerland | 6 |
Iceland | 4 | Tanzania | 4 |
India | 194 | The Phillipines | 5 |
Iraq | 8 | Turkey | 34 |
Israel | 41 | United Arab Republic | 10 |
Italy | 65 | United States of America | 51 |
Japan | 48 | U.S.S.R. | 254 |
Kenya | 3 | Yugoslavia | 48 |
Korea | 4 | ||
Carried forward | 8267 | Total | 12,587 |
During 1970 Port Health Inspectors referred 20 sick seamen to Hospital.
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