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Corporation
of London.
Port of London Sanitary Authority
NOTICE
to
MASTERS and OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF VESSELS arriving
at or being within the PORT OF LONDON, and to all
others whom it may concern.
Illness.
1. All cases of illness of whatever nature which have occurred on board
a vessel from Foreign during the voyage or during the stay in any port of lading
must be declared to the Medical Officer of Health or other officer of this Authority
immediately on arrival of the vessel within the Port.
An arrival from Foreign is visited by a Medical Officer at Gravesend or at
Sheerness for this purpose.
Infectious
Disease.
2. Every case of infectious disease being or occurring on board a vessel
within the Port must be notified forthwith to the Medical Officer of Health or
other officer of this Authority.
Dead or
Sick Bats.
3. The finding of dead or sick rats on board during the voyage must be
notified immediately on arrival to the officer visiting the ship at Gravesend or
Sheerness.
4. The finding of dead or sick rats on board on opening the hatches or during
the discharge of cargo in the Port of London must be notified forthwith to the
Medical Officer of Health or other officer of this Authority.
Vermin other than
Rats, and Insanitary
Conditions.
5. Verminous or other insanitary conditions of any nature in the living
quarters or holds of a vessel must be reported to an officer of this Authority.
Assistance or
Information.
6. Every assistance and information required by an officer of this Authority
must be given, and his directions must be complied with.
Rats.
7. Measures must be taken—
(a) To destroy the rats on the ship.
(b) To prevent the escape of rats from the ship to the shore.
There are HEAVY PENALTIES for non-compliance with the terms of these
directions.
(See the Port Sanitary Authorities (Infectious Diseases) Regulations,
1920, and the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.)
Offices : 5, Church Passage, .
Guildhall,
London, E.C. 2.
Telephones : London Wall 6400.
Gravesend 325.
February, 1921.
W. M. WILLOUGHBY, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health,
Port of London.
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