[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool Port Health Authority.

  • Port Health Authority of Liverpool. n 2014184020.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Information of the arrival of vessels which, under the regulations of the Port Sanitary Authority, must be boarded by the port medical officer before docking, is obtained through the assistance of the pilots. All vessels, except very small craft, must be navigated into the port by either a licensed pilot or a master or mate holding a Liverpool pilot’s certificate, and willing assistance has always been given by the pilots in carrying out the regulations. All pilots are supplied by the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority with a book containing questions to be put to the master immediately on boarding, and also a list of infected ports where dangerous infectious disease is known to exist. These instructions, together with the list of infected ports, are amended from time to time, and at present are as follows :— Port of Liverpool Sanitary Authority To_Pilots, and Masters of Inward Bound Vessels. 1. All Pilots should carry this booklet when on duty and immediately on boarding any inward bound ship should instruct the Master to read these directions carefully and to answer the following questions:— (i) Have you during the voyage had on board any case of INFECTIOUS D ISeTaSE , or any sickness which may be of an infectious nature ? (ii) Have you, within the previous two months called at any of the ports mentioned on the opposite page ? If the answer to either question is “ Yes,” or if the Master is in any doubt as to the nature of any sickness or the cause of any death which has occurred on board, the Pilot should Instruct the Master as follows:— (i) To send a wireless message to “ STORM, LIVERPOOL,” giving name of vessel, expected time of arrival in the Mersey, whether for Liverpool (North or South), Birk¬ enhead, Garston or Manchester, and stating that the Doctor is required. (ii) To report Formby Lightship for the Doctor. (iii) To hoist the Quarantine Flag by day and the Quarantine Light by night. Note.—The strict observance of the directions will greatly facilitate the clearance of vessels. Pilots should, therefore:— (1) Carry out these directions in regard to every inward bound ship. (2) See that this booklet contains the latest list of infected Ports. (3) Immediately apply to the Port Sanitary Authority, Prince’s Pier Head, Liverpool, if they lose this booklet. LIST OF INFECTED PORTS. SINGAPORE JAVA PORTS RANGOON INDIAN PORTS COLOMBO ALEXANDRIA BEYROUT GRECIAN PORTS MADAGASCAR LAGOS PERUVIAN PORTS GUAYAQUIL RIVER PLATE PORTS DAKAR BAHIA. Other ports are added or deleted from time to time according to the prevalence of disease. Port Sanitary Authority.