[Report 1957] / Port Medical Officer of Health, Cowes.

  • Cowes (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Port Medical Officer of Health, Cowes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Aj-HIUAIj Qi*' —iiij ^ }lj^AX)!iiI 1' Oil Tiiiii x'Qi^ Ql' '-j U -lOtJ Section 1 - Staff TabYc A'~ NO CHANGE Section 11 - A;;ioant of shipping enterin,: the district dui-ing the year. iable S Ships fro.m. Number. T onziage. Number Inc]:.)eoted uy the ny the medical Sanitary OfI ice1 Inspector, of Health. IIumDcr of ships reported as having, or having had daring the voyage, infectious disease on oonrd. Foreign Ports 26 11,139 Nil. 26 Nil. Coastwise 176 103,521 Nil. 176 Nil. Total 202 114,660 Nil. 202 Nil. The SouthEaipton and Isle of wight Steam xaoi^et Goopany run a regular- service of otcomers from Southampton to the Port, not included in the above fi^^i-os. Eight passenger and too oar seiariocs a day in the four soiaaer months and five passenger and one oar soxvioo a day iii the remaining months. Section 111 - Ghai-acter of shipping and trade during the yea.r. TalYe C Passenger Traffic - lTu.aber of pasuengej.-s in.mrdo - T-Kelve sick foreign seamen were landed. Number of passentsers o twards - Nil. The Southampton and Islu of .ight Steam Panket Company carried nearly 566,QUO passengers and 52,000 motor vehicles to and from Southampton during the year. Cargo Traffic - Principal imports - Coal, also shingle, Scond, petrol, timber and cement. Principal expoi^s - Dairy and agricultux*al produce. Principal ports from which ships arrive - blythc. Port Talbot and Dutch Ports. There were also several hundred private yachts which visited the Port during the summer season. Section IV - Inland mai-gc Traffic There is coasideiablo barge traffic between the Kiver Medina and the Solent Ports on the mainland. The barges vary in tonnage between 50 and 150 tons. Summa.ry of Traffic liar go s loading and unload im; at Cgwes and No.»port. Number - 5,685 Net Tonnage - 505,094