[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority.

  • Newport (Wales). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Newport Port Sanitary Authority. Health Department, Royal Chambers, High Street, Newport, 12th March, 1936. To the Chairman and Members of the Newport Port Sanitary Authority. Councillor Mrs. Poole and Gentlemen, I beg to submit my Report for the year 1935. It is made in accordance with the Regulations of the Ministry of Health which prescribed the duties of the Medical of Officer of Health. The Port was permanently constituted a Port Sanitary District by the Local Government Board, May 9th, 1883. I. —Constitution of Port Sanitary Authority : — “The Port Sanitary Authority is the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Newport, acting by the Council. It discharges Port functions in waters abutting upon the Magor and St. Mellons Rural Sanitary Districts in addition to the Newport Urban Sanitary District.” II. —Limits of Jurisdiction :— “The whole of the Port of Newport (Order May 9th, 1883). By the Treasury Warrant, dated December 20th, 1847, the limits of the Port of Newport are defined as commencing at Red wick Pill, in the County of Monmouth, being the Western extremity of the Port of Chepstow, and continuing along the coast of the said County to the River Rumney, and seaward to the middle of the Severn.”