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(a) The master of a foreign ship which is in a port in Great Britain shall be authorised to
procure such quantity of drugs and preparations as may be certified by the medical
officer of health of the port health authority within whose jurisdiction the ship is or, in
his absence, by the assistant medical officer of health, to be necessary for the equipment
to the ship "until it reaches its home port.
(b) A person who supplies a drug or preparation in accordance with a certificate given
under this paragraph shall retain the certificate and mark it with the date on which the
drug or preparation was supplied and keep it on his premises so as to be at all times
available for inspection.
FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT. 1926
FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS REGULATIONS, 1955
Fourteen samples of Feeding Stuffs were submitted to the Agricultural Analyst.
In each case the sample was found to be within the limits of variation permissible under the
Regulations.
OIL TANKERS
Oil tankers do not usually require the attention of the Boarding Medical Officer but when
such occasions do arise it is expedient to have the services available of a local medical practitioner
rather than to send a Medical Officer all the way from Gravesend. For this purpose Dr. A.J. Fairrie,
who is in partnership with Dr. K.C. Morris at Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, conveniently close to the
Thames Haven area, was appointed as occasional Boarding Medical Officer. I am indebted to
Dr. Fairrie for the following report:-

Communicable Diseases
One ship was visited on behalf of the Port Health Authority, having on board a recovering
case of Amoebic Dysentery diagnosed and treated in South America.
Several cases were seen for the Shipping Companies concerned necessitating hospital
investigation, one being another case of amoebiasis having recently had a liver abscess.
Venereal Disease
Nine cases were referred to Tilbury Hospital for diagnosis and surveillance. There was one
confirmed case of Gonorrhoea, one of Chancroid and one of non specific urethritis.
Rats
Pest Control Operators visited Thames Haven at intervals. No figures for Rats destroyed
are available but the numbers are thought to be less than last year.
Mosquitoes
No trouble was experienced this year. All fleets which were previous breeding grounds have
been filled in at Thames Haven.
Preventive Medipine
A small number of Cholera, T.A.B. and Smallpox vaccinations were carried out for the Shipping
Companies concerned.
Deaths
Two deaths occurred on board ships while in Port. One a case of suicide by shooting,
another of Coronary Thrombosis.
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