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Visitors
A considerable number of doctors and public health inspectors from home and foreign government
departments and local authorities and students from a variety of colleges visited the port
during the year. The overseas countries sending visitors included Tanzania, Russia, Malaysia,
Nigeria, Israel, Denmark, Sudan and Iraq.
POWERS
The principal Acts of Parliament and Statutory Instruments affecting the work of the Port
Health Authority of the Port of London are:—
ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES AND REMOVAL OF REFUSE
London Government Act, 1963
Noise Abatement Act, 1960
Public Health Act, 1936
Public Health Act, 1961
Public Health (Recurring Nuisances) Act 1969
ADMINISTRATION
City of London (Various Powers) Act, 1965
Local Government Act, 1933
London Government Act, 1963
London Port Health Authority Order, 1965
Public Health Act, 1936
Public Health Officers Regulations, 1959
ALIENS
Aliens Order, 1960
Aliens Order, 1968
Ministry of Health Instructions to Medical Inspectors, 1955
CANAL BOATS
Canal Boat Regulations, 1878 to 1931
Public Health Act, 1936
Public Health Act, 1961
COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRANTS
Commonwealth Immigrants Act, 1962 and 1968
Commonwealth Immigrants (Exemption from Restrictions on Landing) Order, 1968
Hovercraft Act, 1968
Ministry of Health Instructions to Medical Inspectors, 1968
CONSTITUTION OF THE AUTHORITY
City of London (Various Powers) Act, 1965
London Government Act, 1963
London Port Health Authority Order, 1965
Public Health Act, 1936
CREW ACCOMMODATION
Public Health Act, 1936
Public Health Act, 1961
DANGEROUS DRUGS
Dangerous Drugs (No. 2) Regulations, 1964
FERTILISERS & FEEDING STUFFS
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Regulations, 1960-1964
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Regulations, 1968
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