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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    [Copy.] Port of London Sanitary Offices, Deptford, S.E., September 27th, 1877. My Lord,—In detailed reply to your letter dated the 14th instant, I have the honour to transmit the following for your infor- mation :— (1.) A medical officer of health and an inspector of nuisances are appointed at each chief port in the United Kingdom by the port sanitary authority, which is a local and not an imperial authority, constituted by provisional order of the Local Government Board, which latter is a State department. (2.) The salaries of these officials vary very considerably, but they have no emoluments in addition. (3.) There is no fixed scale of pension, this matter entirely depending upon the liberality of the local sanitary authority under whom the officer serves. (4.) The captains of vessels entering British ports are liable only for charges if any members of the crew are removed to hospital as suffering from a contagious or infectious disease. In such cases the captain is responsible for the maintenance in hospital of such patients. No general charges are made, all administrative expenses, such as payment of staff, disinfection of clothing, inspection; &c, being defrayed by the port sanitary authority. Quarantine (except in cases of cholera, plague, and yellow fever) is not now enforced at any British port, as it is found that port sanitary work, as now carried out in the port of London, is practically sufficient to prevent the importation of epidemic dis- ease. I have the honour to enclose a set of reports relating to the work of this port sanitary authority, and shall be glad to give any further information that may be required. I am, My Lord, Your obedient Servant, [Signed) Harry Leach. The Consul-General '' for Portugal.''