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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Public Health Act 1936
Public Health Act 1961
London Government Act 1963
Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1966
Public Health (Infectious Disease) Regulations 1953 and 1960.
Regulations as to the notification of plague as an infectious disease, 1900.
Regulations for preventing Plague by the destruction of Rats, etc. 1910.
The Public Health (Smallpox Prevention) Regulations, 1917.
Public Health (Notification of Infectious Disease) Regulations, 1918.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
The Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1926 to 1937.
The Measles and Whooping Cough Regulations, 1940 and 1948.
The Public Health (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute Encephalitis, and Meningococcal Infection)
Regulations, 1949.
The Public Health (Leprosy) Regulations, 1966.
The Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations, 1951.
The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952.
RATS AND MICE
Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1966.
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949
Prevention of Damage by Pests (Application to Shipping) Order 1951.
Prevention of Damage by Pests (Application to Shipping) (Amendment No.2) Order 1956
Poison Rules, 1966
SHELLFISH
Public Health (Shellfish) Regulations 1934 and 1948.
Order dated 23rd April 1936 made by the Port Health Authority under the Public Health (Shellfish)
Regulations 1934 in respect of a "prescribed area" in Essex.
Order dated 25th July 1957 made by the Port Health Authority under the Public Health (Shellfish)
Regulations 1934 in respect of a "prescribed area" in Kent.
Medway (Shellfish) Regulations 1935.
SMOKE ABATEMENT
Public Health Act 1936
Clean Air Act 1956
Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods) Regulations 1958.
Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods) (Vessels) Regulations 1958.
BYE-LAWS
Bye-Laws have been made by the Port Health Authority:
1. For preventing nuisances arising from barges or vessels carrying offensive cargoes.
2. For removing to hospital any person suffering from dangerous infectious diseases, and
for the keeping therein of such persons as long as may be deemed necessary.
3. With respect to houseboats used for human habitation within the limits of the Port of
London.
PUBLICATIONS OF THE PORT HEALTH AUTHORITY
Corporation of London as the Port Health Authority of the Port of London: A Summary of Powers
and Duties.
Clean Food Handling.
Social Services: Information as to National and Voluntary Organisations ready to assist the
seafarer and his family.
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