[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Maldon Port Health Authority.

  • Maldon (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Maldon Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (4) (a) There are no docks in which a suitable mooring station could he designated. (b) An outside mooring station has been designated near the mouth of Bradwell Creek. In most cases it would, however, be most convenient to isolate vessels at their ordinary berths in the estuary. (5) It has not been considered necessary to make any stand¬ ing exemptions to the provisions of Article 14. (6) In view of the extreme difficulty of rapid communication with vessels moored in the lower part of the estuary, the Customs Officers have been instructed to allow of boarding or leaving the ship, where the declaration of health and all other circumstances are satisfactory. Literal compliance with Article 16 would entail an increase of staff of the Sanitary Authority which seems hardly justified by the amount of foreign trade of the Port. (7) (a) It has not been considered necessary to provide any premises for medical examination. (b) There are no special arrangements for dis¬ infection of ships. Persons, clothing, or other articles would be landed and disinfected at the Maldon Joint Hospital Board’s Isolation Hospital. (c) It has not been considered necessary to provide premises for the temporary accommodation of persons for the purposes of the regulations. (d) The Maldon Joint Hospital Board’s Smallpox Hospital is no longer in use. Cases of smallpox will be sent to the Colchester Smallpox Hospital, and cases of plague, yellow fever or cholera to the Maldon Joint Hospital Board’s Heybridge Hospital. (e) The Maldon Joint Hospital Board’s Ambulance is available for transport.