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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

City of London 1970

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

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Table: TABLE 11Summary of Shipping Arrivals into Tilbury 1970. Discharging Containers, Major Operators. 1969 Figures in Brackets.

TABLE 11

Summary of Shipping Arrivals into Tilbury 1970. Discharging Containers, Major Operators. 1969 Figures in Brackets.

FROMNumber of ArrivalsNumber of ContainersNo. of Food ContainersRe marks
CONTINENTAL PORTS49822,4805,164Included Australian Containers
(560)(22,100)(5,429)Transhipped from Continent until June.
AUSTRALIA2122,69310,500See Above Comment.
Australian Container Terminal Received First Ship 1st June.
NORTH AMERICA & CANADA13815,1264,156More Container Ships Entered Services, and replaced Conventional Vessels that had carried some Containers.
(108)(11,159)(1,920)
EAST GERMANY & FINLAND1254,124139
(119)(2,400)(159)
SCANDINAVIA1503,8684311970 Figure for Containers does not Include Flats as 1969 Figure.
(118)(7,583) Included Flats(253)
OTHERS681,351413Included Ships from Spain Portugal and Russia.
(39)(300)(40)
1970 TOTALS1,00069,64220,803

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