[Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health and Port Medical Officer of Health, Great Yarmouth Borough.

  • Great Yarmouth (England). Borough Council. nb2008007343.
Date:
1893
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Credit: [Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health and Port Medical Officer of Health, Great Yarmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I have had a Port Sanitary Inspector, who has done good work in connexion with all classes of shipping using this Harbour. My work consisted of visiting vessels from foreign ports, inspecting their crews, ascertaining the quality of their water supply, and directing and supervising the work of the Sanitary Inspector. In all I boarded and examined the crews of 209 vessels from suspected or infected ports. The work of the Sanitary Inspector is best told in the report he made to you in November, when his term of temporary employment was closing, and you were con- sidering the advisability of appointing him permanently, He reported that from the commencing of his duty as your Assistant Port Sanitary Inspector, on the 17th of April last to the time of writing, he had, under my direction, done his inspections in regular daily routine, occupying thereon the usual working hours, besides attending on the pier at tide times to note incoming vessels, the ports they were from, and the health of their crews. During the first few weeks he made a ship-to-ship visitation, so that all the vessels then in harbour were thoroughly examined. Since, he has made a daily circuit of the haven, examining any fresh arrival, and visiting again many vessels, on board of which he had previously ordered some cleansing work to be done. Vessels of every description equally had his attention, and the unwholesome conditions he has chiefly noted and caused to be rectified were those arising from dirty forecastles, deck houses, cabins or closets, filthy clothes or bedding, dirty meat casks, water tanks or biscuit lockers, filthy ballast and bilges, &c. He had paid particular attention to the drinking water on board all craft, causing a great many to take in a wholesome supply. Towards the end of the summer he kept a strict