[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.
- Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1934
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Jurisdiction of the Port Sanitary Authority. The limits of the jurisdiction of the Port Sanitary Authority are as follows :— ‘‘ So much of the Port of Portsmouth as lies to the east of a line drawn due south from the most southerly point of the pier of the L. & S.W. Railway Co. at Stokes Bay to a point 50° 45' N. Lat. ; to the west of a line drawn due south to the same parallel of latitude from the south-eastern extremity of the common boundary of the Parishes of Havant and Warblington ; and to the north of a line drawn due west along the same parallel of latitude from the point at which the line lastly hereinbefore mentioned meets the said parallel to the point secondly hereinbefore mentioned ; Together with the waters of the said Port of Portsmouth within such limits, and the place which may from time to time be appointed for the Customs Boarding Station for such part of the said Port, and the place which may from time to time be appointed for the mooring and anchoring of ships for such part of the said Port, under any Regulations for the prevention of the spread of diseases issued under the Authority of the Statutes in that behalf, and the place which may from time to time be appointed, with Our Consent, for the mooring or anchoring of any floating hospital provided by the said Sanitary Authority ; and, for the purpose of any such Regulations as aforesaid, shall also extend to any ship which, in pursuance thereof, or of any directions given thereunder, shall be moored or anchored at the place appointed thereunder as aforesaid, or which shall be on its way thither, together with the docks, quays, wharves, rivers, creeks, streams, channels, roads, bays, and harbours within the aforesaid limits.” I. Amount of Shipping entering the Port during the Year. TABLE A. ■- Number Tonnage Number nspected Number reported to be Defective Number of vessels on which defects were remedied Number of vessels reported as having, or having had, during the voyage infectious disease on board By the Medical Officer of Health By the Sanitary Inspector Steamers 77 36,091 1 33 18 18 J ♦Motor .... 57 6,086 19 10 10 Foreign | Sailing .... 2 353 2 1 1 ^Fishing .... 0 0 0 0 0 Total Foreign 136 42,530 1 54 29 29 Nil ^ Steamers 541 243,818 217 5 5 J *Motor .... 136 16,433 55 2 2 Coastwise ] Sailing .... 8 680 1 0 0 '-Fishing .... 0 0 0 0 0 Total Coastwise 685 260,931 273 7 7 Nil Total Foreign and Coast- wise 821 303,461 1 327 36 36 Nil ■ Includes mechanically propelled vessels other than steamers.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29995681_0111.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
