[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff Port Sanitary Authority.

  • Cardiff Port Sanitary Authority (Cardiff, Wales) n 2006181154.
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff Port Sanitary Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to be infected the vessel is to be taken to the mooring station already fixed upon. The IMedical Officer of Health is required to examine every person on board the infected vessel, and every person certified by him to be suffering from Cholera, Yellow Fever, or Plague shall be removed to the hospital of the Sanitary Authority. No other person is allowed to leave the vessel unless he satisfies the Medical Officer of Health as to his name, intended place of destination, and intended address at such place, in order that this information may be forwarded to the Sanitary Authority of the district in which such intended place of destination is situate. The Eegulations provide that the infected vessel shall remain under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health until every necessary step has been taken to prevent the spread of infection, and details are given as to the destruction or disinfection of infected articles on board. The Eegulations also provide that where a ship has passengers on board who are in a filthv or unwholesome condition, or has come from an infected port, no persons on board such ship shall be allowed to land without giving to the Medical Officer of Health their names and places of destination. Power is also given to the Sanitary Authority in the case of any such ship to require all water casks and tanks to be emptied and cleansed, and all bilge water to be pumped out in some suitable place before the vessel enters any dock or basin. By an agreement between the Cardiff and Barry Port Sanitary Authorities })ersons suffering from Cholera, Yellow Fever, or Plague within the district of the latter authority are received into the hospital of the Cardiff Authority on the Flat Holms Island. The agreement provides that an annual payment shall be made by the Barry Authority in proportion to the tonnage of vessels entering the several docks, in addition to a weekly payment on account of each patient received into the hospital. The Cardiff Authority undertaking the entire management and control of the hospital. The new hospital on the island is now complete and ready for use, it consists of one pavilion, containing two wards, and nurses’ rooms, bath rooms, lavatories, etc. Each ward contains six beds. In addition to and adjoining the above is a small ward with four beds, formerly used for Cholera patients, making altogether accommodation for sixteen patients. The caretakers reside on the island in a house belonging to the Port Sanitary Authority, and which is used when required for the administration of the hospital. A very complete laundry has been erected within a convenient distance of the new buildings, and also a small crematorium for the destruction by burning of the bodies of persons dying in the hospital. From the foregoing remarks it will be seen that the Port Authority is very fully equipped for any emergency as well as for the ordinary work of the department.