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OTHER SAMPLES OF FRESH WATER
Distribution aboard ships—
Of 180 samples drawn in the crew and passenger accommodation and galleys on board ships:—
4 were excellent
142 were good
13 were satisfactory
7 were suspicious
6 were unsatisfactory, and
8 were unfit
Storage aboard ships—
Of 10 samples drawn direct from ship's storage tanks-
1 was excellent
5 were good
2 were satisfactory
1 was suspicious, and
1 was unfit
Port Installations—
Of 68 samples drawn from dock offices, dock canteens, drinking fountains, etc.—
62 were good
3 were satisfactory
2 were suspicious, and
1 was unsatisfactory
Deep Wells-
One sample was drawn from a storage tank supplied from a deep well, which supplies fresh
water to shipping at a berth in the Middle River District. The result was good.
River Thames Passenger Launches—
15 samples were drawn under the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960, from licenced
bar taps on board River Thames passenger launches-
1 was excellent
12 were good
1 was satisfactory, and
1 was unsatisfactory
SECTION VI
PUBLIC HEALTH (SHIPS) REGULATIONS 1966
These Regulations came into force on 1st April 1966 and consolidate the Public Health
(Ships) Regulations 1952 to 1963, which provide for public health control of ships arriving at or
leaving ports in England and Wales. They also make minor amendments which ensure conformity
with the current International Sanitary Regulations of the World Health Assembly.
(a) Provision is made for a new form of International Vaccination Certificate (Regulation 2).
(b) A new power has been added to require a person leaving a ship to state his destination
when there is grave danger to public health through an outbreak of infectious disease
(Regulation 10 (2)).
(c) Regulation 19 (4) contains a new provision for repetition of deratting measures where
earlier measures seem to have been ineffective.
1. List of Infected Areas (Regulation 6) — Arrangements for the preparation and amendment of
the list, the form of the list, the persons to whom it is supplied, and the procedure for supplying
it to those persons
NO CHANGE
2. Radio Messages
(a) Arrangements for sending permission by radio for ships to enter the district. (Regulation
13). NO CHANGE.
(b) Arrangements for receiving messages by radio from ships and for acting thereon. (Regulation
14 (1) (a) and 14 (2)). NO CHANGE.
3. Notifications otherwise than by radio (Regulation 14 (l)(b).
Arrangements for receiving notifications otherwise than by radio and for acting thereon.
NO CHANGE.
4. Mooring Stations (Regulations 22 to 30)
Situation of stations and any standing directions issued under these Regulations. NO CHANGE
7.