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PARROTS (Prohibition of Import) REGULATIONS, 1930.
680 parrots, &c., came under the notice of your Officers during the year.
101 Notices were issued in respect of 209 parrots, &c.
Number exported in respect of Notices served 202
Number destroyed (Notice served to export) 7
Number exported (not time to serve Notice owing to short stay of
vessel) 7
Number on through Bill of Lading to another Port 11
Number admitted under Ministry of Health permits 420
The bodies of 33 birds were sent for investigation to the Ministry
of Health 33
680
In addition, 95 parrots were reported as having died in vessels during the
voyage, the bodies being destroyed before arrival in the Port.
VISITORS TO THE PORT SANITARY DISTRICT.
During the period covered by this Report the following Medical Officers and
Sanitary Inspector visited the Port of London to study the sanitary administration
either in general or in some particular respect:—
Dr. Z. de Teisseyre of Gdynia. (Port Medical Officer.)
Dr. J. N. Mcintosh of Jamaica. (Government Medical Service.)
Dr. Hsu, of Peking.
Mr. B. N. Shami, Assistant Sanitary Surveyor, Haifa, Palestine.
In July Dr. A. R. Wellington, Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, Hong
Kong, called at the Port Sanitary Office to enquire whether I could recommend a
suitable man to undertake the work of supervising fumigation of ships and other
measures of rat repression in Hong Kong.
After consideration of the responsibilities of the position and the conditions of
service, I informed Dr. Wellington that I had no recommendation to make, but
suggested that if they could find a suitable man for the appointment he might receive
a course of training in the Port of London.
On 12th October I had a letter from the Crown Agents for the Colonies informing
me that they had selected a Mr. Littlewood, who had formerly been a Sanitary Officer
in Iraq, and asked if he could be given a two months' course of instruction, commencing
on 4th November. Your Worshipful Committee acceded to this request. Mr. Littlewood
completed his training on 3rd January, 1936, and sailed for Hong Kong on
4th January, 1936.
VISIT OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS TO THE THAMES, 15th-22nd May.
As your Worshipful Committee always have a Medical Officer on duty and three
Launches capable of carrying stretcher cases, your Medical Officer undertook to
render any assistance required in case of urgent sickness or accident on board any
of His Majesty's ships lying between Gravesend and London Bridge.
The detailed arrangements were made between Surgeon-Commander H.
Willoughby, B.N.V.B., and the Naval Health Officer at the Nore.