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Port of London 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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The attachment of an official certificate does not exempt a consignment
from examination, and if found to be unsound, diseased or unwholesome, or
unfit for human food, is subject to the provisions of the Public Health Act,
which enable it to be seized and carried before a justice and an order obtained
for its destruction.
For the purposes of these Regulations, the following Medical Officers have
been approved by the Local Government Board to act either in the place of,
or as assistant to, the Medical Officer of Health :—
Willoughby Mason Willoughby, B.A., M.D., M.B., B.C., D.P.H.
Edward Vincent Legge, M.A., M.D., M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O.
James Stratton Warrack, M.A., M.D., M.B., C.M., D.P.H.
Woodley Daniel Betenson, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.P.H..
R.C.P.S. (Lond.).
Archibald Ividd, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.P.H.
The following Inspectors have also been approved to act as Assistant
Officers under the Local Government Board's General Orders of 12th
September, 1908 :—
The work of Food Inspection in the Port of London, up to the end of this
year, has been carried out by three Food Inspectors, who possess, in addition
to the Certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute, the Certificate as Inspectors
of Meat and other Foods.
These Inspectors have had great experience in all kinds of foodstuffs, and
for the purposes of administration of the Regulations, the district of the Port
Sanitary Authority has been divided into three :—
DISTRICT " A " (Inspector Spadaccini).
Sub-District 1. Royal Victoria Dock.
„ 2. Royal Albert Dock.
„ 3. Tilbury Dock.
DISTRICT " B " (Inspector Anderson).
Sub-District 1. London, St. Katharine's and Regent's Docks.
„ 2. West India, Millwall, and East India Docks.
H. Spadaccini.
W. Anderson.
T. W. Bailey.
W. G. Romeril.
A. Garland.
W. G. Wetjen.
W. W. Burr.
H. R. Hopkins.
P. R. Lambe.
J. H. Rolfe.