[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Faversham Port Health Authority.

  • Faversham (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Faversham Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Faversham Port Sanitary Authority. REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR YEAR 1909. During' tire year 1909 there has not been any case of infections dicease notified on board of any vessel in the Port of Faversham. No death has occurred and there has been no case of serious illness reported. There is at present no arrangement made for the reception of any case of infectious disease which may be notified in any vessel in (the Port. The total number of vessels arriving in the Port during the year was 8.716 as against 8.126 in the year 1908; an increase to a small ex- tent; of these 20 were from foreign ports as against 14 in 1908 • all these came into the Fav- ersham Creek and were inspected; the sum total of arrivals includes the vessels using Faversham, Milton, Oare and Conyer Creeks. The number of inspections made during the year was: — By Inspector By Medical Officer Faversham 442 41 Milton 1024 Separate Report Oare 618 52 Conyer 111 36 2195 129 Notices have been sent to owners as regards defects in ventilation, cleanliness, etc. Special attention has been given to manure barges and to any offensive cargoes. The arrangements for storage of water have been found adequate and satisfactory. No arrangements have been made to apply the Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act, 1907; no action in this direction has been found necessary. I have no recommendation to make on this subject. The amount of 'trade from foreign ports is small and does not go beyond Faversham Creek. It chiefly consists of timber ships from Baltic * Ports and a few vessels from cross-Channel ports. During the early part of the year there was some anxiety on account of Plague, but that seems to be lessened at the present time. From home ports we have cargoes of coal, granite, slate, railway material, etc., from var- ious directions. There is a regular trade be- tween here and London by barges. Among these are to be found the manure barges; owing to closing of brickfields this is diminished in amount. The presence of occasional cases of small pox in the London area during the last few weeks must expose us to some risk as re- gards this disease. CHARLES J. EVERS, M.D., Medical Officer of Health. January, 1910.