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Sir William Thomas moved,
Councillor C. H. Parkinson seconded,
That this Association of Port Sanitary Authorities of the British Isles is of the opinion
that the scope of the work of its members would be more generally understood and appreciated
if they were entitled " Port Health Authorities ' instead of ' Port Sanitary Authorities,' and
requests the Minister of Health to take, at the earliest opportunity, the steps necessary to
effect the desired change of name.
Mr. W. L. Platts moved,
Alderman S. J. Brice seconded,
as an amendment,
That all words in the motion after the words 'instead of Port Sanitary Authorities ' be
struck out, and that the following be substituted therefor:-
That the Minister of Health be desired to support the proposed change.
That the Local Government and Public Health Consolidation Committee be requested
to insert appropriate provisions in any Public Health Consolidation Bill which it may
recommend to H.M. Government.
The mover and seconder of the motion concurred in the amendment.
Amendment carried.
The Motion as amended was thereupon put as a Substantive Motion as follows:-
(a) That this Association of Port Sanitary Authorities of the British Isles is of the opinion
that the scope of the work of its members would be more generally understood and appreciated
if they were entitled ' Port Health Authorities ' instead of ' Port Sanitary Authorities.'
(b) That the Minister of Health be desired to support the proposed change. .
(c) That the Local Government and Public Health Consolidation Committee be requested
to insert appropriate provisions in any Public Health Consolidation Bill which it may recommend
to His Majesty's Government.
Carried."
At the Dinner given in the Town Hall by the Mayor and Corporation of Grimsby,
Sir Arthur Eobinson, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, proposed the
toast of the Association and, in so doing, said that the desired change of name would
have his full support.
The Association also approved the Minutes of the General Committee of 3rd May,
and decided to forward to the Minister of Health the following Resolution which had
been drafted by your Medical Officer, and which your Worshipful Committee, at their
Meeting in April, instructed your Delegates to support:—
That it is the opinion of the Association of Port Sanitary Authorities of the British Isles
that the present system of control of shellfish layings by closure is unsatisfactory as a Public
Health measure and ruinous to the Shellfish Industry ; that it has now been proved that shellfish
can be efficiently cleansed by relaying in the case of oysters and mussels, and by steaming, in
the case of cockles and winkles, that the necessary apparatus can be established and operated on
a self-supporting basis, and that therefore the time has now arrived when legislation might be
introduced with advantage to both the Public Health and the Shellfish Industry, requiring that only
such shellfish (whether home-produced or imported) as are certified by a responsible Authority
to have been cleansed in this country by an approved method, in a recognised establishment,
should be sold for human consumption.
Alderman Cyrus T. Clissitt, J.P., representing the Port Sanitary Authority of
Newport (Mon.), was elected President, and Councillor J. Crawford, representing the
Port Sanitary Authority of Glasgow, was elected Vice-President for the year 1935/6.
After the transaction of formal business, Sir John Marsden, Bt., read a paper on
" The History of the Development of the Port of Grimsby."
The second Session of the Annual Meeting was held on Friday, 31st May, when the
following interesting Papers were read:-
Dr. J. A. Kerr, Medical Officer of Health of Grimsby, on " Fish Inspection and Modem
Development."
Dr. J. R. W. Hay, Port Medical Officer of Immingham, on " Weil's Disease as affecting the
Fish-worker and Fishing Ports generally."
Dr. D. A. Cadman, Assistant Medical Officer of Health, Hull and Goole, on "A Survey
of Crews' Accommodation in Merchant Ships at the Port of Hull."