[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Hartlepool Port Health Authority.

  • Hartlepool (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Hartlepool Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Notices for Sanitary Defects, <fcc., Dirty Forecastle and Deckhouses Repairs to Leaking Forcastles ... Disinfected, Fumigated, and gave disinfec- tants for Bilges and Vessels from Infected Ports, or having sickness on Board were given:— ... 31 ... 20 Pump out water and clean Receptacles ... 17 Paint and Lime out... !.. 25 Broken Side Ports ... 11 Bunks to be repaired, bottom boards out... 14 Choked and Dirty W.C.s 33 Dirty Forepeaks 3 Clean up Holds 4 Defective Bulkhead between W.C. and Crew Space ... 4 Defective Bulkhead between W.C. and Food Locker... 2 Imperfectly Ventilated Forecastle 11 Paint Locker adjoining Food Locker 1 Bow Locker used for Storing Paints 2 Verminous Forecastles and Rat Infected Ships 3 Defective Stoves 3 Poultry, Pigs, etc., alive on Deck, Dirty Houses 5 Filthy Bedding 12 Defective Flooring in Forecastles 4 Water standing under bunks, choked scuppers, etc. 15 Insufficient Light ... 5 Defective Bulkhead between Cabin and Hold 1 Water Cask replaced by G.I. Tank 2 Insufficient Sleeping Accommodation 1 My thanks are due to your Port Sanitary Inspectors, the Collector of Customs and his various officials (especially those of the waterguard, with whom we have been so intimately associated), and Pilots, Master Mariners, and all Port Officials for their valuable assistance and co-operation in enabling me to carry out the various duties devolving upon the administration of the Port Sanitary Authority. S. BIGGART, M.D., C.M. Medical Officer of Health to the Port Sanitary Authority.