The laws relating to quarantine of Her Majesty's dominions at home and abroad, and of the principal foreign states : including the sections of the Public health act, 1875, which bear upon measures of prevention.

  • Sir George Sherston Baker
Date:
1879
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Credit: The laws relating to quarantine of Her Majesty's dominions at home and abroad, and of the principal foreign states : including the sections of the Public health act, 1875, which bear upon measures of prevention. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    deal properly with contagious and infectious disease, other than plague, yellow fever, and cholera. I am, &c, (Signed) Harry Leach. Correspondence between the Portuguese Consulate and the Port of London Sanitary Office. [Copy.] Portuguese Consulate General, London, 14th September, 1877. Dr. Harry Leach, , Chief Sanitary Officer of the City of London. Sir,—The Portuguese Government being desirous of improving its health service (maritime), and of granting to the officials engaged therein privileges analogous to those enjoyed by officials engaged in a similar service in foreign countries, I am induced to apply to you,, as the chief sanitary officer of the City of London, for information on the following points :— 1st—The number of officials in each of the maritime health stations in the United Kingdom, or in my Consular district, which extends from Land's End to Sunderland, with all the ports on the south and east coasts of Eng- land included in the before-named points, and further, the Scilly Islands, Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey), and the Isle of Wight and the whole of Scotland, and also the salaries of the officials engaged in them; 2nd—If the officials just mentioned receive any other, and what emoluments in addition to a fixed salary ; '' 3rd—If, after having served a certain time, they are entitled to a pension of the whole or a part of their salary; 4th—What charges are paid by the captains of vessels entering British ports, other than coasting vessels, for—■ Entry, Health visit, Each day of quarantine passed in port. Trusting to your kindness to obtain all or as much of the infor- mation asked for above as it may be in your power to give, I remain, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Duprat.