[Report 1950] / Barry Port Health Authority.

  • Barry (Wales). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1950
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    Barry Port Health Authority. Public Health Department, Woodlands Road, Barry, Glam. To the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee of the Barry Port Health Authority. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I beg to submit my Report for the Year 1950. This is the 62nd Annual Report of the Barry Port Health Authority and covers the work of the Authority during the Year. The Report has been prepared on the lines as indicated in Circular 103/50 (Memo 302/S.A. 1946) issued by the Ministry of Health to Port Health Authorities. Constitution of Port Health Authority. The Port Health Authority was constituted by an Order of the Local Government Board, dated 27th July, 1893, and an amending Order, dated 27th April, 1938, of the Ministry of Health, made under Sections 3, 9 and 314 of the Public Health Act, 1936. The Port Health Authority is the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- gesses of the Borough of Barry, acting by the Council. Jurisdiction of the Port. No alteration was made during the Year in the limits of jurisdiction of the Port Health Authority. Full details of existing limits have been given in previous reports. AMOUNT OF SHIPPING ENTERING THE PORT DURING THE YEAR 1950. Details in respect of the amount of shipping which entered the Port during the Year are given in Table A. By comparison with the figures for 1949, the amount of ship- ping entering the Port showed a fairly substantial decrease—« 265,000 tons (31,000 and 234,000 in Foreign and Coastwise shipping respectively)—or some 16% of the 1949 total.