[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough.

  • Torquay (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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    IV. PORT SANITARY REGULATIONS, 1933. (1) Arrangements for dealing with Declarations of Health. Declarations of Health in the approved form are completed by the Master of the Vessel and handed to the Customs Official who, should occasion require it, communicates immediately with the Medical Officer of Health. (2) Boarding of vessels on arrival. All foreign and coastwise vessels are boarded and inspected by the Sanitary Inspector, and by the Medical Officer of Health if required ; and a few vessels are inspected by the Medical Officer of Health or his Deputy as a routine. (3) Notification to the Authority of inward vessels requiring special attention (wireless messages, land signal stations, information f rom Pilots, Customs Officers, etc.) Arrangements are made with the Post Office for the transmission of wireless messages if required. None were received in 1938. (4) Mooring stations designated under Article 10. (a) Within the docks. (b) Outside the docks. In March, 1934, the Commissioners of Customs and Excise formally agreed to the establishment under Article 10 of a mooring station for ships arriving at Torquay between Buoys No. 11 and No. 19 in the Outer Harbour. The agreement is subject to the understanding that the mooring place referred to is for all ships unhealthy under the Regulations, that a standing exemption under Article 14 has been granted and that the Local Health Authority will meet the cost of conveying Customs Officers when boarding ships detained at the Mooring Station. (5) Particulars of standing exemptions from the provisions of Article 14. A standing exemption under Article 14 has been granted by the Medical Officer of Health in respect of ships with infectious diseases other than cholera, plague, yellow fever, typhus fever, smallpox and chicken-pox on board, and ships otherwise clean arriving from ports in areas listed under Article 11.