[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester Port Health Authority.

  • Manchester (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (k) Removal ok Bilge Water. Bilge pump absent 18 Bilges not accessible for cleansing I (0 Notiktcation ok Inkectious Disease ... 0 (,//) Admittance ok Inspector 0 • i8t () Other Conditions. Lighting deficient 18 Water tank not accessible tor cleansing 2 Boat’s lamps kept in cabin ... ' ... Defective stove or stove pipe causing I smokey cabin 6 Total ... 208 The proportion of infringements per boat works out at 2.8 4. The usual steps have been taken to secure compliance with the Acts. In all cases, complaint notes have been promptly served upon the owners, and, if not attended to at the end of the prescribed number of days, a letter asking for an explanation has been duly forwarded. A second or third letter has been sometimes required. 5. One case of infectious disease required to be dealt with. On May nth, a certificate from Dr. John Mooney, of 60, Quay street, Manchester, to the effect that Catherine Stokes was lying in the canal boat “Arthur,” at Quay street bridge, suffering from Diptheria, was brought to the office by Inspector Robertshaw (Manchester Corporation) and Mr. F. J. Abbott, Junr., owner fo the boat. Mr. Abbott stated the boat had left Manchester at 1-15 a.m., was due at Runcorn at 11-15 a.m., and should go into the Mersey at flood tide (12-30) with the object of transferring her cargo of bale goods to the s.s. “ Mahratta,” at Birkenhead. The Ship Canal Co. kindly supplied information as to the location of the barge, and Inspector