[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Sunderland County Borough.

  • Sunderland (Tyne and Wear, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Sunderland County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PORT HEALTH SERVICE Work carried out during 1969 included: prevention of the importation of infectious disease; prevention of the importa¬ tion of rat plague; implementation of the terms of the Inter¬ national Sanitary Regulations as in force at 1st May, 1966, in regard to the granting of deratting and deratting “exemption” certificates; supervision of the hygiene of crew and passenger accommodation in ships; inspection of imported foods; various other duties such as smoke abatement and supervision of the general sanitary condition of the Port Health District. Staff. See front of report. Shipping entering the district. Ships from Number Tonnage Number inspected By M. 0. By P.H. I. Foreign ports 142 194,536 6 102 Coastwise 644 818,073 530 Number of ships reported as having had during the voyage Infectious Disease on Board. 2 2 786 1,012,609 6 632 4 The figure of 102 inspections relates to ships direct from foreign ports and the figure of 530 for coastwise shipping includes 90 vessels which had proceeded from foreign ports and called at another United Kingdom port before arriving in Sunderland. Character of Shipping Trade. Passenger Traffic: Number of Alien Passengers Landed 7 Embarked 17 Number of British Passengers Landed 6 Bnbarked 17 Total Number of Passengers Landed 13 Embarked 34 Figures supplied by the courtesy of H.M. Immigration Officer. In addition to the above, particulars were also recorded during the year of the arrival of 20 supernumaries who were generally wives or children of the masters and officers of vessels entering the port and who received, if alien, temporary permission to land.