[Report 1967] / Port Medical Officer of Health, Cowes.

  • Cowes (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Port Medical Officer of Health, Cowes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AIMJAL HSPQRT OF THE I-SDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR TxHS POET OF COi/v’ES FOR 1967 SECTION 1 - Staff TABLE A NO CHANGE SECTION II - Amount of shipping entering the district during the year T.IBIE B Ships from Number Tonnage Number inspected By the By the M.O.H. P.H. Insp, Number of ships reported as having, or having had during the voyage, infectious disease on board. ;reign ports 45 9,158 Nil 45 Nil 'Ctwise 164 70,945 Nil 164 Nil 209 BO, 103 Nil 209 Nil ^1:3 Southampton and Isle of VJight Steam Packet Company run a regular frequent service of .^3eamers from Southampton to the Port not included in the above figures. This service varies from 7 sailings daily each way in the winter to 14 or more in the summer. There is also a Hovercraft service from Cowes to Southampton and Portsmouth, doing 10 or more crossings each way daily. SECTION III - Character of shipping and trade during the year Ti\Bl£ C Passenger Traffic No. of passengers inwards; Seven foreign seamen were landed and transferred to local hospitals. No. of passengers outwards; Nil Vehicular traffic carried Private cars 95,537 by the Southampton & I.O.VL Commercial vehicles 301511 Steam Packet Co. : TOTAL; V^6.Q4S /cont.