[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Littlehampton Port Health Authority.

  • Littlehampton (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Littlehampton Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Library LimSHAMPTON PORT HEALTH AUTHORITY. Gentlemen, I beg to submit my Annual Report as Medical Officer of Health for the year 1943 prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health. TABLE A. It has not been necessary to take action respecting the conditions existing on boats entering the Port. TABLES C and D. No cases of infectious disease have been notified t.o the Port Medical Officer of Health during the year. TABLES E and F. It is impossible to give a definite total of rats killed in and around the Port. Gassing operations and poisoning with Arsenic and Zinc Phosphide were carried out during the year. That portion of land which is used for controlled tipping and which is bordered on one side by the river, received attention for rats by the West Sussex Agricultural Executive Committee from September 1942 to September 1943. Prom the latter date the area has received attention from the Local Authority. No rats have been found in vessels. FOOD INSPECTION. No foodstuffs have entered the Port during the year, and it has not been necessary to take any action under the Public Health (Shellfish) Regulations, 1934. STAFF. Mr.J. L. McGarry acts as Health Inspector for the Fort of Littlehampton as well as for the Iittlehampton Urban District. I desire to express my appreciation of the work Mr.McGarry has carried out and also my thanks to the Officer in Charge of the Customs for his co-operation at all times. I am. Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, (signed) R. H. Wilshaw. To the Chairman and Members of the Littlehampton Port Health Authority Medical Officer of Health.