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City of London 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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6.
I.-AMOUNT OF SHIPPING ENTERING THE PORT DURING
THE YEAR 1940
Table A.
Foreign, Coastwise and Inland
| Number Inspected by the Medical Officer of Health | 564 |
| Number inspected by the Sanitary Inspector | 8,173 |
| Number reported to be Defective | 1,356 |
| Number of vessels on which Defects were remedied | 1,202 |
| Number of vessels reported as having or having had, during the voyage Infectious Disease on Board | 122 |
II.-SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY
(a) For the Port.
(b) For Shipping.
These remain the same as reported in detail in 1938,
(c) Water Barges and their sanitary condition:-
The port of London Authority notify the Port Health
Authority when water boats are due for annual re-registration and
will not issue a certificate to any water boat until your Medical
Officer has certified that it is fit for the carriage of drinking
water. This arrangement has continued to work smoothly.
III.-PORT SANITARY REGULATIONS 1933.
(a) Arrangements for dealing with Declarations of Health.
(b) Boarding of Vessels on Arrival.
(c) Notifications to the Authority of Inward Vessels requiring
special attention.
(d.) Mooring stations designated under Article 10.
(e) Particulars of any standing Exemptions from the provisions of
Article 14.
(f) Experience of working Article 16.
(g) What arrangements have been made for:-
(i) Premises and waiting rooms for medical examination?
(ii) Cleansing and disinfection of ships, persons and
clothing, and other Articles?
(iii) Premises for the temporary accommodation of persons
for whom such accommodation is required for the
purposes of the Regulations?
(iv) Hospital accommodation available for Plague, Cholera,
Yellow Fever, Smallpox and other Infectious Diseases?
(v) Ambulance Transport?
(vi) Supervision of contacts?
(h) Arrangements for the Bacteriological or Pathological
Examination of Rats for plague.
(i) Arrangements made for other Bacteriological or Pathological
Examinations.
(j) Arrangements for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Venereal
Diseases amongst Sailors.
(k) Arrangements for the Interment of the Dead.
All the above-mentioned items (a) to (k), with the
exception of items (d) and (j), remain in principle the same as
reported in detail in 1937.