[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tees Port Health Authority.

  • River Tees Port Health Authority.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / 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. Ships from Number Tonnage (Net) Number inspected Number of Ships reported as having or having had during the voyage, infectious disease on board By a Port Medical Officer By a Port Health Inspector Foreign Ports 2,735 7,220,951 162 2,590 17 Coastwise 1,463 1,633,636 — 1,438 — Total 4,198 8,854,587 162 4,028 17 The amount of shipping entering the Port during the year showed an increase over the previous year : 4,198 ships as against 3,990 in 1968. Arrivals 2,873 4,198 Net Tonnage 4,940,029 8,854,587 A comparison 1959 1969 SECTION III—Character of Shipping and Trade During the Year. TABLE C. Passenger Traffic ] Number of passengers inwards .. >• ) Number of passengers outwards 1,176 1,744 (Principal IMPORTS— Iron ore, manganese, and chrome ore, sulphur, phosphate, crude oil, petrol, feedstock, timber, chemicals fertilisers. Principal EXPORTS— Steel plates, piling, castings, machin¬ ery, road vehicles, pitch, creosote, / tar, slag, scrap & manufactured goods Principal Ports from which ships arrive—Annaba, Vittoria, Narvik, Puerto Ordaz, Seven Islands, Port Cartier, Port Salazar, Puerto Miranda, Zuietina, Lulea, Hamburg, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and ports in North Africa, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Far East, Australia, New Zealand and U. S. Gulf ports.