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BURNETT, Mayor.
A Common Council holden in the Chamber of
the Guildhall of the City of London, on
Thursday, the 29th day of May, 1913.
THE Port of London Sanitary Committee did this day deliver into this
Court a Report in writing under their hands, of their proceedings, and
submitting the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the
Port to the 31st December, 1912 ; which was read.
And a Motion being made and Question put, That this Court doth
agree with the Committee in their said Report, the same was resolved
in the Affirmative.
Ordered, That the Report be printed, and a copy sent to every
Member of this Court.
BELL.
To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons
of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
WE whose names are hereunto subscribed, of your Port of London Sanitary
Committee, to whom it has been referred to carry into execution the powers
assigned to the Corporation, as the Port Sanitary Authority of the Port of London,
by the Local Government Hoard, under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, beg to
submit for the information of your Honourable Court the Annual Report of
Dr. Herbert Williams, the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London, for the
year ended the 31st December, 1912, which Report contains a full and detailed account of
the work carried out in the Port during that period by the Medical Officers and
Inspectors.
A short account of the International Sanitary Conference held in Paris during the
year is given in the Report, and the subject of Plague receives special attention. It
is probable that the Regulations relating to Plague, Yellow Fever and Cholera issued
by the Local Government Board may be revised. The Medical Officer of Health
points out that the opportunity might be taken of strengthening them in certain
directions.
Plague has occurred amongst the rats in the docks situated within the jurisdiction
of the Port Sanitary Authority; the number of rats infected has been small, and owing