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The Report also gives details respecting the various cases of Infectious
Disease dealt with during the past year, and particulars with regard to small
outbreaks of Scarlet Fever on two of the Training Ships, and certain
recommendations made by your Medical Officer of Health for dealing with
outbreaks of Infectious diseases in institutions of that description.
An abstract is also given of the Regulations issued by the Local
Government Board with a view to the prevention of the introduction of
Cholera, Yellow Fever, and Plague into this country.
A short account is given of the procedure necessary for carrying out these
Regulations, and, with the exception of an adequate floating disinfecting
plant, it is satisfactory to note that the Medical Officer reports that the
Authority is possessed of everything necessary for complying with these
Regulations,
Attention is drawn by the Medical Officer in his Report to the
unsatisfactory accommodation provided on new vessels, and a recommendation
is made that crew's quarters should not be approved until they have been
inspected and found to be satisfactory from a sanitary point of view, after
they are fitted up and ready for occupation.
The Public Health Regulations as to Food Bill became law during the
past year, and the Local Government Board are making Regulations under
this Act, which will increase the responsibility and work of the Port
Sanitary Authority with regard to the inspection of Imported Food Stuffs,
and will, in all probability, necessitate an increase in the staff of Inspectors.
The Medical Officer of Health continues to carry out the duties of
Medical Inspector, under the Aliens Act, 1905, for the Port of London, and
particulars are given of the results of the working of the Act during the year.
The condition of the water of the River Thames is dealt with at some
length, and an account is given of the action taken by your Committee
in opposing a Bill, introduced into the House of Lords by the Southendon-Sea
Corporation, which would have legalized the discharge of a much larger
amount of crude sewage into the Thames Estuary than heretofore.
Particulars are set out of an Enquiry, neld at the Guildhall, in reference to
an application made to the Local Government Board for the extension of
further sections of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which, if granted,
will enable your Committee to deal with various sanitary matters within the
area of the dock gates.
The results of the Medical and Sanitary Inspection of Vessels are also
given in the Report, and a special report is made, as usual, on the working of
the Canal Boats Act and Regulations.