[Report 1951] / Port Medical Officer of Health, Colchester Port Health Authority.

  • Colchester (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Port Medical Officer of Health, Colchester Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a 3. made for a fleet of barges to supply the iondon market from this pit. More foreign vessels have also entered the port, but these vessels have generally been in excellent sanitary condition. Some nuisance was caused, particularly to oyster merchants by diesel oil which was discharged occasionally from unknown vessel in the area of Brightlingsea Creek, while the amount of sewage discharged from houseboats and yachts does not give cause for any concern at the present. No cases of venereal disease were reported from ships' crews during the year, and the general standard of mens' quarters regarding cleanliness was fairly satisfactory. One case of illness reported on the Declaration of Health occurred on a Dutch boat which had arrived from Pur in Denmark, ihe boat proceeded up river from Brightlingsea to Colchester, and the Deputy tort Medical Officer saw the sick man, mate of the vessel, and satisfied himself that he could be allowed to proceed with the vessel which was returning that day to Holland. He bad apparently been attended by a doctor for phlebitis before leaving Denmark. y ■ /]. h, / v-u C i A.--. citing tort Medical Officer. \