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8.
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 liaster 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 of 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 12th January, 1942, 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, 1941.
During the year 36 inspections of Canal Boats were
made of which 34 were found to conform to the Acts and Regulations.
Written cautions were given in respect of the two vessels found
not to conform.
No new boats were registered during the year under review
the actual number of Canal Boats on the Register on the 31st
December, 1941, being 216.