[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochford R.D.C. as Riparian Authority.
- Rochford (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1972
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochford R.D.C. as Riparian Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![5 aaCTiflu xxv (conta) Ji human consumption taken from their side of the river between lyon creek end Celewnrd Flat, unloss they had first been subjected t© processing or re-laid in clean water. This order remains in force. 'Hie Ministry of Agriculture, fisheries Ik Stood, fisheries Labor a to xy at ]^rnham*-on-rrouoh, have confirmed to me that as far as is known, no cultivation of oysters takes place in the crouch in an area south of that specified in the order, or indeed along the remaining length of the south shore abutting the Roehford B.B. However, dredging for shellfish my be carried on virtually along the whole length of the ftiver Crouch, the axes extending 1| miles eastward from Hullbrldge an# any oatehee invariably being ro-laid before sale. shellfish beds ax© also In me adjacent to the north bank of the Crouch, west of lyon Creek Including Bridgemarsh (reek and the south shore of Bridgeraarsh Island and between the west end of Brldgeesrsh Ireland and Abridge, notices warning the public that untreated shellfish found on the aouth bank of the river are unfit for human, consumption are currently displayed at ©elected points by the ochford Rural District Council. Diluted untreated sewage from the main sewer at ullbridge is discharged into the river crouch from the pumping station there, during times of prolonged heavy rain. Treated effluent is also discharged as a routine procedure into the rrouch west of Hull bridge from the iftyleigh western sewerage orks which abut the south bank of the river. Treated •&*--&• routine procedure into the rrouch west of ^ullUrldffe from-the .-layleljfo vsete:ra--4^e:cags - ogk*y which abut -the K©uth bank of the-river. or sosie years the effluent fra® these Works has been below standard dm to the overloading of the Works but work on completely new Works adjacent to the existing Works was commenced in August 1972. Certain sections of these new vorke will be phased into operation during 1973 ?$nd it is anticipated that the new works will be full opera¬ tional by the end of 1974* '•B'flTICK XV - medical inspection of Aliens On 2?th July the Vest German ship BQDH FCHMIJT” (800 torts) docked from Itajai, Brasil* ifwg est African stowaways were on board, the ship having called at i&k&r en route* On 22nd August another vest oermen ship BIB'&'.■* AJUMRSAWS* (dead weight 2,900 tons) arrived from Antonina, Brazil with two Gambian stowaways, the ship having called in at Vest Africa m route* In both oases the Deputy Medical officer of Health boarded and certified that the stowaways were fit, the matter then bein^ left in the hands of the Immigration officer. A member of the crew of the Test German ship *FWTB* was admitted to hospital cm the 16th August following a call from the ships' captain for the Medical Officer of Health to visit. OHCTIGK XVI - Arrangements for the burial on shore of persons who have died cm boarl el-tip from Infectious Disease XU. \ FORT MEDICAL OFFICER BALTIC VHARF noemn® rural district cooucxl.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30039496_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
