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the ship is authorised to purchase and be in possession of such quantity of any of the
drugs as may be certified by the Medical Officer of Health of the Port where the
ship is (or in his absence by the Assistant Medical Officer of Health of the Port)
to be necessary for the purpose, the quantity not to exceed what is required for the
use of the ship until it next reaches its home port. The certificate given by the
Medical Officer or Assistant Medical Officer of Health of the Port shall be marked by
the supplier with the date of the supply, and shall be retained by him and kept available
for inspection."
HOUSEBOATS.
Early in the year your Medical Officer completed a preliminary draft of Bye-laws
for the control of houseboats under the City of London (Various Powers) Act, 1938.
This draft was submitted to the Port of London Authority, who, as the Registration
Authority for houseboats lying within their district, drafted separate Bye-laws dealing
with such registration. It thus appeared that there were likely to be three sets of
Bye-laws, one made by the Port of London Authority regulating the registration
of houseboats lying within their district, another made by the Port Sanitary Authority
for the registration of houseboats lying outside the jurisdiction of the Port of London
Authority but within the district of the Port Sanitary Authority, and a third made by
the Port Sanitary Authority dealing with the sanitary control of all these houseboats.
After consultation with the Secretary of the Port of London Authority, your Medical
Officer undertook to draft a single set of Bye-laws which could be made jointly by
the Port of London Authority and the Port Sanitary Authority. This draft was,
on the instruction of your Worshipful Committee, passed to Mr. Solicitor to be drawn
up in due legal form and to be submitted officially to the Port of London Authority
and the Ministry of Health. Several points have arisen in discussion with the Port
of London Authority, and it appears that it will be some time before the Bye-laws
receive the final approval of both the Port of London Authority and the Ministry of
Health. Meanwhile the unsatisfactory conditions, particularly in Leigh and Benfleet
Creeks, continue.
LIVE CATTLE—LANDING AT TILBURY DOCKS.
Only three shipments of live cattle arrived during the year, as follows:—
ss. "Prospector" from Canada arrived on 8th February, 1934, with 402 head
of cattle. All were certified free from disease.
ss. "Niderholm" from Canada arrived on 16th February, 1934, with 600 head
of cattle. All were certified free from disease.
ss. "Brandon" from Canada arrived on 21st October, 1934, with 278 head
of cattle. All were certified free from disease.
TRAINING SHIPS.
The six Training Ships now within the district of the Port of London Sanitary
Authority are as follows :—
" Cornwall " Lying at Denton.
"Exmouth" „ Grays.
"Warspite" „ Grays.
" Worcester" „ Greenhithe.
"Stork" ,, Hammersmith.
"Triton" „ Gravesend.
The following cases of Infectious Disease occurred on these vessels during
the year:—
T.S. "Exmouth" 1 case Diphtheria, 1 case Chicken-pox.
T.S. "Cornwall" 3 cases Scarlet Fever.
T.S. "Triton" 1 case Mumps.
T.S. "Stork" 1 case Diphtheria.