[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority.

  • Newport (Wales). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Newport Port Sanitary Authority. Health Department, Town Hall, Newport, July, 1927. To the Chairman and Members of the Newport Port Sanitarv Committee. Gentlemen, I beg to submit my Report for the year 1926. It is made in accordance with the Regulations of the Ministry of Health which are prescribed within the duties of the Medical Officer of Health. The Port was permanently constituted a Port Sanitary District by the Local Government Board, May 9th, 1883. I.—Constitution of Port Sanitary Authority :— “ The Port Sanitary Authority is the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Newport, acting by the Council. It discharges Port functions in waters abutting upon the Magor and St. Mellons Rural Sanitary Districts in addition to the Newport Urban Sanitary District.” II.—Limits of Jurisdiction :— T£e of the Port of Newport (Order May 9th 1883) B/ihe j[^easury Warrant, dated December 20th, 1847, the limits of the Port of Newport are defined as commencing at Redwick mmDhlCOrU^ °f Monmouth> being the Western extremity of the I ort of Chepstow, and continues along the coast of the theSevera7 ^ ^ Rumney’ and seawar<! to the middle of