[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester Port Health Authority.

  • Manchester (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Washbasins in dirty condition . British 3 Foreign Galley sink dirty . 1 — Galley sink defective . 1 — Surround to sink defective . 5 -— Clothes lockers not provided .. 8 3 Bulkheads defective. — 2 Overhead deck in leaky condition . 58 6 Deck, deck covering defective . 10 2 Hawse pipe in leaky condition . 4 2 Bunk in defective condition . 3 — Oil leakage into accommodation . 14 3 Doors defective or absent . 2 1 Table top decayed and requires renewing. 1 —_ Locker drawers missing. 1 —_ Mosquito netting defective . 1 — Excess emission of black smoke . 1 —— 894 308 VERMINOUS VESSELS. Whenever possible, disinfestation (where necessary) was carried out before vessels sailed, but the difficulty on tankers at Stanlow continued owing to the speed of “turn round.’’ A number of tanker owners make an obvious endeavour to keep infestations down to a minimum by providing supplies of insecticide for use by the crew and such action materially assists in achieving the objective. SMOKE NUISANCE. On one occasion it was found necessary to draw the attention of the Master of a tanker to the excessive emission of smoke from the funnel. When the matter was investigated, it was found to be due to faulty reconstruction of the boilers whilst the vessel had been under¬ going repairs. Work was commenced as soon as possible to remedy this complaint, and before the vessel left the port the necessary action had been taken.