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ROLL, Mayor.
A Common Council holden in the Chamber of
the Guildhall of the City of London, on
Thursday, the 21st day of July, 1921.
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, 1920 ; which was read.
Ordered, That the Report be printed, and a copy sent to every
Member of this Court.
B E L L .
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 of London Sanitary Authority, beg to submit
for the information of your Honourable Court the Annual Report of Dr. Willoughby
Mason Willoughby, the Medical Officer of Health of the Port of London, for the
year ended the 31st December, 1920, which Report contains a full and detailed account
of the work done in the Port during that period by the Medical Officers and
Inspectors.
In connection with the effective work continuously carried out by your Medical
Officer, we desire to bring to the notice of your Honourable Court his several analyses
of conditions under which Plague occurs on ships, and of the influence of the rat on the
disease. Dr. Willoughby's scientific examinations and practical conclusions on a series
of ships bringing Plague into the Port have advanced the knowledge of Plague on
shipboard and the methods by which danger arising therefrom may be met in a way
which we submit reflects credit on the Corporation and has enhanced the good repute
of the Port of London Sanitary Authority.
The Port Sanitary Authorities (Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1920, embody
powers and duties which for some time have been sought by your Committee and
afford a basis on which more effective control over infectious disease in general and the
conditions contributing thereto may be exercised.