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5, Church Passage,
Guildhall, E.C. 2.
TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE PORT OF LONDON SANITARY COMMITTEE.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present herewith my Annual Report for the year ending
31st December, 1923.
The total number of vessels medically inspected during the year was 983,
and the total number of cases of illness reported to your Medical Officers was 637,
of which number 29 cases were removed to Denton Hospital.
Aliens arriving in the Port have been found to be clean, healthy and louse-free.
No plague, cholera or typhus infection was introduced. One case of smallpox
was admitted to Denton Hospital.
No infected rat has been found in the Port.
Food and Sanitary Inspections have been carried out in a satisfactory manner.
The Board of Trade issued new instructions as to the Survey of Master's and Crew
Spaces, during the year; these differ in a few particulars, some of them important,
from those of 1913.
Statutory Rules and Orders were issued by the Ministry of Health, under the
Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920.
Facilities were given to various representatives of the Health Organisation
of the League of Nations, to view the work of the Port Sanitary Authority, during
the year.
The new motor launch, christened the "James Howell," was taken delivery of
on the 8th February, and has proved very satisfactory in working.
The Annual Report on the working of the Canal Boats Acts and Regulations
is appended to this Report.