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the Official Certificates which were recognised for the purposes of the
above-named Regulations, for the importation of meat and meat products into
England and Wales as notified in Circular 1639 (6th August, 1937) and Circular 1675
(15th March, 1938), in respect of the following
Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Republic of Estonia.
" " Latvia.
" " Lithuania.
Free City of Danzig.
DANGEROUS DRUGS.
During the year thirty-three certificates authorising the purchase of
scheduled Dangerous Drugs were issued 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) 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 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 18th January, 1952, 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 Health Authority,
during the year ended 31st December, 1951.
Twenty-seven vessels were inspected during the year of which twenty were
found to conform with the Regulations.
The remaining seven infringed the Regulations in respect of absence of
certificate, marking, cleanliness and dilapidation. In each case the owners
attention was called to the infringement and all were subsequently attended to.
No new boats were registered during the year under review, the actual
number of Canal Boats on the Register on the 31st December, 1951, being 156.
PARROTS (PROHIBITION OF IMPORT) REGULATIONS 1930.
The number of notices issued in accordance with the above-mentioned
Regulations during the year was 67 in respect of 76 birds of the parrot family.
Sixty-six birds were re-exported and 9 were destroyed under the
supervision of your Officers.
In addition 6 birds were admitted under Ministry of Health permits and
10 birds, destined for the Dublin Zoo were placed in quarantine at the London
Zoo until arrangements could be made for their shipment to Dublin.
An attempt was made to import illegally 6 birds and the action taken
is reported elsewhere under "Legal Proceedings".
PARROTS (PROHIBITION OF IMPORT) (REVOCATION) REGULATIONS, 1951.
A Statutory Instrument, 1951 No.2275, was made by the Minister of Health on
the 20th December, 1951 and may be cited as above, and shall come into operation
on the 8th January, 1952.
These Regulations revoke the Parrots (Prohibition of Import) Regulations
1930 and a Circular from the Ministry of Health accompanying the Regulations, reads
as follows:-
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