[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tees Port Health Authority.

  • River Tees Port Health Authority.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, River Tees Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL SANITARY SUPERVISION. During the year 32 informal or verbal notices dealing with 48 nuisances were served. Cockroach and other vermin infestation Defective or broken port lights Defective overhead decks Defective W.C. pans Defective messroom table tops Missing drawers in messroom Defective messroom geysers Defective washbasins and waste pipes Insufficient ventilation in bathroom Dirty paintwork Defective skylight Defective flush pipe Dirty galley and food lockers Choked W.C. . Accommodation requiring painting Defective galley bench top Defective W.C. flush valve Defective shower bath tap Defective hot water pipe ... Defective sink waste pipe Defective chain pipe in forcastle Defective sanitary tank Choked bathroom scupper 15 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total ... 48 SECTION XIV.—PUBLIC HEALTH (SHELL FISH) REGULATIONS 1934 and 1948. In 1932 the River Tees Port Health Authority made Regulations under the Public Health Act 1896, prohibiting the sale or offering for sale any mussels, cockles, periwinkles, or other shell fish taken from within the district, unless and until such shell fish have been re-laid for such a period as may be directed. There are no beds laid in the Tees estuary. The River Police keep the collecting of shell fish from the bank of the river under observation. All shell fish in the area are liable to pollution. No action has been taken during the year under the above Regulations, or the Food and Drugs Act 1938, or the Food and Drugs Act 1955.