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The assumption of these measures of control has received the approval of your
Committee, thus adding to the effective work of the Medical Officers as regards
ship-borne diseases.
Two Plague-infected ships were dealt with on arrival in the Port: the organisation
to this end proving effective throughout.
A small and localized Plague infection among rats in the Royal Albert Dock,
which had been found in the course of rat examination late in 1916, terminated early
in the year. The routine rat examination has been steadily carried out throughout the
district in view of the liability to such occurrences.
The floating fumigating plant has proved of considerable service to shipping.
The number of cases of dangerous infectious diseases entering' the Port has been
low in proportion to the coastline of the globe in present trade use.
The admissions to the Hospital include, however, cases of Plague from the ships
mentioned above.
Nuisances have received careful attention : many of these arose in connection with
war conditions.
Inspection of foodstuffs has throughout the year been carried out with the two
points of food saving and seizure of unsound material in view. These points, as far as
the work of the Food Inspectors is concerned, are not incompatible, but as a natural
consequence the work of food inspection has been of enhanced difficulty, requiring
judgment and discretion on the part of your officers.
Unsound food has had an increasing value as animal food or for its products ; a
useful outlet has thus been found with correspondingly greater ease for all varieties of
this material, under sufficient guarantee against wrongful use.
An Account of Receipts and Expenditure in connection with the Port of London
Sanitary Authority from the 1st January, 1917, to the 31st March, 1918, is appended,
in accordance with the Order of your Honourable Court, for the information of the
Court.
All which we submit to the judgment of this Honourable Court. Dated this
twenty-third day of July, 1918.
Cecil F. J. Jennings.
W. Lindley-Jones.
E. S. Jacob.
Robt. Peachey.
John F. Bennet.
B. T. Swinstead.
A. Stanley Stone
Walter H. Key.
H. P. Monckton.
C. J. Smith.
W. W. Green.
Albion T. Snell.
J. K. Brown.