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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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SECTION XIII — Inspection of Ships for nuisances
TABLE G
| Inspections and Notices | No. of Vessels |
|---|---|
| Number of vessels visited by Port Health Inspector | 13,523 |
| Number of vessels on which sanitary defects were found, and details reported to the Master, Owners and/or Ministry of Transport | 646 |
| Number of Statutory Notices served | NIL |
| Number of vessels on which sanitary defects were remedied | 638 |
| Inadequate ventilation | 25 |
| Defective Lighting — Natural | — |
| Do. do. — Artificial | 3 |
| Defective Heating | 8 |
| Condensation | 11 |
| Leaking Decks | 19 |
| Leaking Ports, Decklights, etc. | 16 |
| Leaking Sideplates | 1 |
| Leaking Hawse and Chain Pipes | — |
| Deficient or Obstructed Floor Drainage | 17 |
| Water lodging on top of Peak Tanks | 1 |
| Defective Bulkheads | 2 |
| Do. Floors | 17 |
| Do. Doors | 6 |
| Do. Chain Pipes | — |
| Do. Bunks | 17 |
| Do. Clothes Lockers | 3 |
| Do. Food Lockers | 6 |
| Do. Food Storage | 20 |
| Do. Cooking Arrangements | 14 |
| Defective or Uncleanly Drinking Water Storage | 4 |
| Water Closet Obsolete | 5 |
| Do. Defective | 14 |
| Do. Foul or Choked | 10 |
| Do. Inadequate Flush | 10 |
| Wash Basins Defective | 15 |
| Do. Foul | 4 |
| Neglected Paintwork or Distemper | 14 |
| Absence of Washrooms | 1 |
| Absence of Messrooms | — |
| Misappropriation of Crew Spaces | 2 |
| Verminous Quarters | 144 |
| Dirty Quarters | 484 |
| Miscellaneous | 113 |
| Total | 1,006 |
SHIP'S HYGIENE - s.s. "TEANO"
The Port Health Inspector on the West India Dock, reported on the 29th October, 1957 on the
excellent condition of the quarters on the s.s. "TEANO" and your Medical Officer accordingly
sent a letter of congratulation to the Owners, The Ellermans' Wilson Line, Ltd. as follows:—
s.s. "TEANO"
"The Port Health Inspector in the West India Dock has recently called my attention to the
high standard of cleanliness and hygiene on this vessel and to the active encouragement
received by the ship's personnel from the supervising shore staff.
"When the vessel was inspected after her two recent voyages, on both occasions the galley
and storerooms were in an immaculate condition; the paintwork was excellent, and all woodwork,
such as benches, lockers and the gratings and battens in the storerooms and I refrigerator,
were scrubbed to a "snow" whiteness.
"This exceptional cleanliness must portray the great pride felt by the Catering Staff for
'their' ship and entail a lot of hard work.
"It gives me much pleasure to commend the good work of your Company, the shore staff
and the ship's personnel on this most satisfactory achievement."
SECTION XIV - PUBLIC HEALTH (SHELLFISH) REGULATIONS, 1934
Arising out of the cases of typhoid fever in 1956, at Scrapsgate, Minster, Isle of Sheppey,
alleged to be due to the consumption of shellfish collected from the foreshore in that area, and
the subsequent instructions of the Port of London Health Committee that an Order in respect of
that area should be made under the Public Health (Shellfish) Regulations, 1934, an Order in the
following terms was made on the 25th July, 1957:—
PUBLIC HEALTH (SHELLFISH) REGULATIONS, 1934
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mayor andCommonalty and Citizens of the City of London,
the Port Health Authority of the Port of London and the Local Authority for the purposes of the
Public Health (Shellfish) Regulations, 1934, did on the 25th day of July, 1957, make an Order in
the following terms:—
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