View report page

10.
DANGEROUS DRUGS.
During the year three Certificates authorising the
purchase of scheduled Dangerous Drugs were issued by your
Medical Officer under the Dangerous Drugs (No.3) Regulations,
1923, amending the Dangerous Drugs Regulations, 1921
Regulation 15 of which is as follows:-
"If a foreign ship in any port in Great Britain
requires to obtain a supply of any of the drugs in
order to complete the necessary equipment of the ship,
the Master of 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."
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936. PART X. CANAL BOATS.
On the 31st January, 1941 the Port Medical Officer
made a report on the steps taken to carry into effect the
provisions of part X of the Public Health Act, 1936, relating
to Canal Boats within the district of the port of London
Health Authority, during the year ended 31st December, 1940.
During the year 18 inspections of Canal Boats were
made of which 12 were found to conform to the Acts and
Regulations.
stututory written cautions were given in respect of 5 vessels
and 3√cautions were attended to. The latter figure includes
cautions issued in previous years but attended to during
1940.
Two new boats were registered during the year under
review the actual number of Canal Boats on the Register on the
31st December, 1940, thus being 216.