[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool Port Health Authority.

  • Port Health Authority of Liverpool. n 2014184020.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Poet Sanitaby Authority OF LIVERPOOL. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1918, BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. In accordance with the duty imposed by the Local Government Board in their General Order, dated March 23rd, 1891, the following Report for the year ending December 31st, 1918, is made to the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority. The Report covers the work of the Authority during the year, and includes a summary of the measures adopted to discover'epidemic or infectious diseases on shipboard, and to prevent their introduction into the port or further spread on shipboard, as well as the steps taken to discover and abate any conditions inimical to health existing on any ships, vessels, or canal-boats lying within the area of the port. More¬ over, there is given an account of the action taken under the Regulations of the Local Government Board issued under the Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act, dealing with foreign meat and unsound food. The jurisdiction of the Authority is co-ex tensive with the limits of the port, and includes within its area not only the docks, quays, wharves, &c., belonging to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, the extent of which is set out below in tabular form, but also the docks of the London & North Western Railway at Garston, as well as the lower portion of the estuary of the Mersey and the sea within three miles of the coast line extending from Hoylake to Formby Point. And its powers are exercisable over any vessels lying within this area. The estate of the Dock Board, exclusive of certain lands at Dingle, Tranmcre and Seaforth, is of the following dimensions: —