[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Littlehampton Port Health Authority.

  • Littlehampton (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Littlehampton Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TV* PORT SANITARY REN'JLATIONS , 1955 cz Ix-A-A- (1) and (2) Every foreign going vessel arriving from a foreign port is boarded by the Customs Officer immediately on arrival an the Captain asked to fill in and sign a Declaration of Hoaltn which is immediately sent to the Office of the Port Sanitaiy Officer. (3) Any notification of an inward vessel requiring attention under Article 6 would be received through the Harbour Master and pilots „ (4) A Mooring Station has been designated as required oy Article 10 of the Regulations, and is situated immediately North o± tne Railway Quay, on the East side of the River Arun. It has been agreed with the Harbour Master that should this berth be in use, when required for quarantine, an alternative berth will be 'i.ouad for the vessel then occupying it. The provision of an additional Mooring Station outside the Harbour is considered impracticable* No vessel has been detained for medical examination during the year. (5) No standing exemptions to the provisions of Article 14 ha\zA been granted. (6) It has not been necessary to place any restriction under Section 16, on persons boarding or leaving vessels as, in every case, the Declarations of Health have been satisfactory. (7) (a) No arrangements have been made for the cleansing and disinfection of persons, but clothing could be disinfected by steam at Mill House, Littlehampton, when required* (b) No arrangements have been made for the provision of temporary accommodation of persons for whom such may be required under the Regulations. (c) No arrangements have been made for special premises and waiting room for medical examination. Such would have to be improvised when occasion arises. (d) There is now in operation the East Sussex Western Joint Smallpox Hospital Board, and cases of Smallpox could be isolated at the Brede Isolation Hospital, Rye, East Sussex. Scarlet Ecver, Diphtheria, Enteric Never and Encephalitis Lethargica, could be isolated at the Isolation Hospital, Swandoan. If any case of Plague, Cholera, or Yellow Fever arrived on a vessel, special arrangements would have to be made. (8) and (9) Specimens for bacteriological or pathological examination can be sent to any of the two or three local laboratories (10) Clinics for the treatment and diagnosis of venereal disease arc held at the Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, and the Royal Portsmouth Hospital (St. Mary’s), Portsmouth, serving the Eastern and Western parts of West Sussex respectively. TABLE C. No case of infectious sickness has been notified to the Port Medical Officer during the year. TABLE D. No case of infectious sickness has occurred on vessels during the voyage and disposed of prior to arrival.