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The crew were taken to Hospital, and although there could be but little
doubt as to the relation between the illness and the water supply, the master
strongly objected to the waste of so much good water.
As there are many parts of the world where good drinking water cannot
be obtained, and ofttimes only at great expense, there is an obvious advantage
in having a large storage capacity.
If, added to these considerations, one remembers that a Norwegian or
Swedish sailor gets as much fresh water as he requires, it seems at any rate
reasonable that an allowance of at least a gallon a day for all purposes should
be granted to the British Seaman.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
By the regulations originally made under section 125, Public Health Act,
1875, and now Bye-laws under the Public Health Act, 1891, the master or
other person in charge of any vessel entering the Port is bound to report any
case of Infectious Disease to the Medical Officer of the Port Sanitary
Authority stationed at Gravesend, and to cause the vessel to remain off the
Custom House until the Medical Officer has boarded her.
He is further bound to remove the case to the Hospital provided under the
instructions of the Medical Officer.
Should such disease break out on board any vessel after she has passed
Gravesend, he is bound to report such case to the Medical Officer of Health at
Greenwich, and to remove the patient under his directions.
The diseases to which these Bye-laws apply are : small-pox, diphtheria,
membranous croup, erysipelas, scarlet fever or scarlatina, typhus, typhoid,
enteric, relapsing, continued or puerperal fever and measles.
Any master or other person having charge of a ship arriving in the Port
of London, and failing to perform any duty imposed upon him by these Byelaws,
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 5l.
Under section 60, Public Health Act, 1891, the Sanitary Authority has
power to serve a notice on the master or owner of any vessel requiring him
to disinfect the safd vessel within a certain time specified therein, and it the
master or owner shall fail to carry out such disinfection, it shall be performed
at the cost of the Sanitary Authority.
Under section 61, any Sanitary Authority may serve a notice on the owner
of any bedding, clothing, or other articles which have been exposed to the