[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, River Blyth Port Health Authority.

  • River Blythe Port Health Authority.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, River Blyth Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PUBLIC! HEALTH (SHELLFISH) rLlGULaTICNS, 1954, ORDER i.nDd BY THE RIVER BLYTH PORT HEALTH AUTHORITY. IN PURSUANCE of the powers conferred on then by the Public Health (SHELLFISH) Regulations, 1934, the River Blyth ^ort Health -authority hereby i.iake the following Order lt In this Order prescribed area means:- The area of the River Blyth lying between the High Water marks on either side of the river and extending from the mouth of the river to a point where the Railway Bridge of the London and North Eastern Railway crosses the river. 2. A person shall not sell, or expose or distribute or offer for sale or have in his possession for the purpose of s le for human consumption any shellfish, mussels, periwinkles or cockles taken from within the prescribed area, unless such shellfish, mussels, periwinkles or cockles have been - (i) subjected to a satisfactory process of cleansing at an establishment which is for the time being approved by the minister of Health for the purpose, or (ii) relaid in pure water for such period and in such places as may from time to time be approved for the purpose by the said Authority, or (iii) subjected to a process of sterilisation by steam under pressure for at least six minutes in an apparatus which is for the time being approved by the said .authority* 5« The Order made by the said Authority under the Public Health (SHELLFISH) Regulations, 1915, on the 14th day of Larch, 1929, is hereby revoked* 4. This Order came into operation on the 11th day of September, 1947* “*20,“*