[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Hartlepool Port Health Authority.

Hartlepool (England). Port Health Authority.

Date:: 1937

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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Hartlepool Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Boulogne, Ymuiden, Aarhus, Zeebrugge, Oslo, Gothenburg, Harburg, Zaandam, Aalborg, Kiel, Bergen, Honfleur, Altona, St. Nazaire, Fredericia, Amsterdam, Esbjerg, Karlstad, Fecamp, Holteneau, Drammen, Delfzyl, Port Brule, Fredrikshamn, Malmo, Port de Bouc, Nantes, Manager, St. Malo, Flushing, Kolding, Transgisvaag, Pasages, Kristiansand, Libau, Lidkoping, Odense, Kristinehamn, Harlingen, Hargohamn, Bordeaux, Bona, Danzig, Oskashamn, Emden, Faaberg, Horsino, Uddwaller, Terneuzen, Kotka, Hango, Heroen, Philippville, Cherbourg. III. SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY. (a) For the Port. The Port is supplied by the Hartlepool Gas and Water Company. (b) For Shipping. Ships are supplied from the mains through hydrants from the several quays or wharves where the service is laid on. (c) Number of Water Boats and their Sanitary Conditions. There are no water boats in use for shipping in the Hartlepools. The water is very hard but of excellent quality. It is obtained from springs and catchment basins. IY. PORT SANITARY REGULATIONS, 1933. 1. Arrangements for dealing with Declarations of Health. Declaration of Health forms are supplied to the Pilots who in turn hand one to the Master of a vessel arriving from a foreign port. The Declaration of Health is examined and collected from the Master by the Customs Preventive Officer, or the Port Health Inspector, whoever is first on board. Those collected by the Customs Officers are placed in the letter box provided by the Port Health Authority in the Customs Waterguard Station. Arrangements are made by the Health Inspector for these to be collected early each morning and at other times. In the event of the Health Inspector collecting a Declaration of Health form