[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby Port Health Authority.

  • Great Grimsby (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to the London & North Eastern Railway Company concerning this matter. The trouble has been completely eliminated by renewing all hose-pipes and by more carefully protecting the hose-pipes from contamination when not in use. The London & North Eastern Railway Company have prepared plans, upon which work is due to commence at an early date, providing for the installation of fresh water hydrants throughout the port area. When this work is completed, the use of water boats will no longer be necessary. IV. Port Health Regulations, 1933 and 1945. 1. Arrangements for dealing with Declarations of Health. Declaration of Health forms are supplied to the Pilots and Custom? Officers who in turn distribute one to each vessel arriving from a foreign port. The Declaration of Health is collected by the Customs Officer or the Port Health Inspector, whoever is first on board. The forms collected by the Customs Officer are handed to the Port Health Inspector as soon as possible and not later than 0900 hours daily. 2. Boarding of vessels on arrival. In the event of it being found necessary to board a vessel in the River, facilities are available for the Medical Officer and Port Health Inspector to proceed by tug. Vessels may be boarded in the lock-pit, but except in cases of emergency, it has been found more satisfactory to board vessels after they have been moored at their berths. This facilitates the complete mustering of the crew for examination, and gives the Medical Officer a longer period in which to carry out his work. 3. Notification to the Authority of inward vessels requiring special attention (wireless messages, land signal stations, information from pilots, Customs Officers, etc.). The registered telegraphic address of the port is “ PORTELTH,” and vessels fitted with the necessary transmitting apparatus can send messages to “ PORTELTH, GRIMSBY ” by day or night. Arrangements have been made for the notification of the Port Health Authority by the Customs Officers or Pilots of vessels requiring special attention on arrival in port. Local shipping agents also notify the Port Health Authority when they have received information concerning sickness on board an expected arrival. 4. Mooring stations designated under Article 10 : (a) within the docks, (b) out- side the docks. (a) Two mooring dolphins in the centre of the Royal Dock. (b) In the River (i) Off Burcom Buoy, (ii) Off Sunk Spit Buoy. 5. Particulars of any standing exemptions from the provisions of Article 14. Fishing vessels as such are exempted from rendering a Declaration of Health. 6. Experience of working of Article 16. The instructions set out in Article 16 (i) of the Port Health Regulations, 1933 and 1945 have been printed on page 4 of the Declaration of Health and no difficulty has been experienced in the working of this Article.