[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tees Port Health Authority.

  • River Tees Port Health Authority.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tees Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION II.—Amount of Shipping Entering the District during the Year. TABLE B. Number inspected Number of ships reported as having or having had during the voyage, infectious disease on board Ships from Number Tonnage (Net) By a Medical Officer of Health By a Port Health Inspector Foreign Ports ... 1,772 3,201,298 462 1,769 8 Coastwise 2,138 972,541 3 1,892 1 Total 3,910 4,173,839 465 3,661 9 SECTION III.—Character of Shipping and Trade during the Year. TABLE C. Passenger Traffic Number of passengers inwards Number of passengers outwards 441 632 Cargo Traffic Principal IMPORTS—Iron ore, manganese and chrome ores, scrap iron, potash, petrol, phosphate, coal, pig iron, sulphur, sugar and sundry goods. Principal EXPORTS—Steel, sulphate of ammonia, coal, pitch, machinery, creosote, slag, coke, chemicals and manufactured \ goods. Principal Ports from which ships arrive—Oxelosund, Narvik, Luleo, Gothenburg, Oslo, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Kotka, Pepel, La Goulette, Bougie, Bona, Freetown, Casablanca, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Rouen, Ghent, Ymuiden, Takoradi, Gefle, Wismar, Wabana, and ports in India, South Africa, China, Australia and New Zealand.