A report on the hygienic condition of the mercantile marine in the Port of London / by Harry Leach.
- Leach, Harry.
- Date:
- 1871
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A report on the hygienic condition of the mercantile marine in the Port of London / by Harry Leach. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![strictly connected with the working of the ship. ] am permitted in this place to quote the valuable expe- rience of Dr. Dickson, It. N., Medical Inspector of Hei Majesty’s Customs, who says: c I have often found the crew accommodation of the smaller vessels to be exceed-:- ingly defective, and it is marvellous that more sickness-.- does not existand of Dr. Letheby, who (in the report; above quoted) says : ‘ In nearly all cases the sleeping accommodation is very insufficient, for the sailors- berths are in the forecastle, where the space is limitet and the ventilation most imperfect.’ An official report respecting vessels belonging to Sunderland and Sea ham, a great many of which trade to London, record: that the ‘ forecastles of the ships are in a bad sanitar condition in height, length, and breadth, lumbered u] with stores, the want of sufficient space, and the leak^ condition of the deck overhead. The space is ver badly disposed of, or badly an-anged, the same varying in height from only 3^ feet upwards, which I consider i not fit at all for men to live in.’ The evidence of thes- latter authorities, with that adduced in my report fou years ago, goes to prove the magnitude of the evil enumerated; and the result of an inspection, as detailei above, shows that these evils still exist, because th legislative enactments at present in force are frequent! ignored, and are, moreover, insufficient. I m'a here call the attention of my readers to a lette which appeared in the Times of the 18 th Marc! 1869, on this subject, and a leading article thereupon both of which endorse the correctness of the foregoin remarks. Next, as to the means provided for the hygieni control of the port. Most of my readers are probabl; aware that the metropolis is now parcelled out info](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22315329_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
