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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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MEDICAL INSPECTION OF ALIENS
Annual Return by the Medical Inspector of Aliens for the year ended
31st December, 1951.
| Total | Number inspected By medical officer | Number subjected to detailed examination by the medical officer | Certificates issued | Trans migrant | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunatic idiot or M.D. | undesirable for medical reasons | Physically incapacitation | Suffering from acute infectious disorder | Landing necessary for adequate medical examination | |||||
| (a)Total number of Aliens landing at the Port. | 33,068 | 21,873 | 1,091 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b)Aliens refused permission to land by the Immigration Officer® | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (c)Transmigrants. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total Aliens arriving at the Port. | 33,140 | 21,873 | 1,091 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total number of vessels arriving carrying Alien passengers - 1,974. | |||||||||
III. - 7JATER SUPPLY®
1. Source of Water Supply -
(a) For the Port -
All the docks in the London area obtain their -water supplies from the
Metropolitan Water Board. Tilbury Dock is supplied by the South Essex Water Company«
The majority of the wharves are supplied by Public Water Authorities
within -whose area of jurisdiction they are situated, -while several have their own
deep wells. A few have no -water supplies available for shipping in -which case any
■water required can be obtained from the -water barges.
(b) For Shipping -
Ships not able to obtain -water from the shore supplies as indicated above,
or ships lying at buoys in the river, can obtain supplies from -water barges.
2. Hydrants and Hosepipes -
Hydrants within the dock area are of the standard type in use by the
Metropolitan Water Board. They are situated at intervals along the quayside and
consist of an upright stackpipe with nozzle couplings to -which are attached the hoses.
The hoses, usually of rubber covered with a metal coil, -when not in use are coiled
up and hung in specially constructed boxes at convenient points within the docks.
When in use particular care is taken that the hoses do not sag into the dock water
and in transference from the ship to the shore, that at no time do thev come into
contact with the dock -water® If this should happen the hoses are thoroughly cleansed
and flushed with fresh water before being again used®
3. Number of -water boats and their sanitary condition =
Water boats are registered annually by the Port of London Authority and
such registration is made conditional upon the report of the Port Health Officers as
to the fitness of the craft for the carriage of drinking -water as also upon the
purity of the -water thus carried® To this end sampling is carried out from time to
time ®
There -were thirteen -water boats -working in the Port during the year.
IV. - PORT HEALTH REGULATIONS 1933 and 1945.
(l) Arrangements for dealing with Declarations of Health._
Ships bound for London coming up the English Channel take on a Pilot off
Dungeness, those coming across the North Sea take on a Pilot at the Sunk Lightship,
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