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(4) Mooring stations designated under Article 10.
(5) Particulars of any Standing Exemptions from the provisions of Article 14.
(6) Experience of working Article 16.
All the above remained the same as reported in my Annual Report for 1947.
(7) What, if any, arrangements have been made for
(a) Premises and waiting roowas for medical examination..
Medical examinations are usually carried out on board ship but there are
roowas available for the medical inspection of Aliens on the Tilbury
Landing Stage.
(b) Cleansing and disinfection of ships. persons and clothing and other
articles.
Disinfection of infected quarters is usually carried out by the Sanitary
Inspector in whose area the vessel is berthed. Should, however, the
space requiring disinfection be large, a private firm is employed who
carries out the disinfection under the supervision of the Sanitary
Inspector.
Although Denton Hospital was taken over by the South-East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board on the 5th July, 1948, the Disinfecting Station,
containing a Washington Lyons Steam Disinfector has been continuously
available for the disinfection of clothing, bedding etc.
(c) Premises for the temporary accommodation of persons for whom such
accommodation is required for the purposes of the Regulations-
No special provision on a large scale has been necessary, but if suoh
necessity did arise the ship would be detained until temporary accommodation
ashore had been found.
(d) Hospital accommodation available for Plague, Cholera, Yellow Fever,
Smallpox and other infectious diseases-
Until the handing over of Denton Hospital to the South-East Metropolitan
Regional Board on the 5th July, 1948, arrangements were made with the
medical officers of Health of the Essex County and Grays Thurruck Rural
District Council for the reception of oases of infeotious disease.
DENTON HOSPITAL.
The Port Health Committee decided to reopen the Denton Isolation Hospital
in August, 1947 and to carry on as best they could with a staff of male
nurses recruited from ex-Navy Sick Bay Petty Officers and Attendants.
A Sick Bay Chief Petty Officer was appointed as Nursing Superintendent
together with two Sick Bay Petty Officers and two Sick Bay Attendants. This
arrangement worked fairly satisfactorily but had the disadvantage that no
female cases could be admitted to the Hospital but had to be 'farmed out'
to other Isolation Hospitals.
On the 5th July, 1948, with the passing of the National Health Service
Act, the Hospital was transferred to the State and was allocated to the
Seamen's Hospital Group under the South-East Metropolitan Regional Hospitals
Board.
Discussions took place between tho Management Committee of the Group and
the Port Health Committee on details associated with the transfer of the
property and on the continuance of admission and treatment of cases of
infectious diseases found in the Port by the Port Medical Officer of Health
and his Medical Staff.
It is too early to judge whether the transfer can be regarded as an
advantage to the sea-faring population of the Port but, generally speaking,
the arrangements should work satisfactorily when adequately trained nursing
staff (male & female) becomes available .
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