[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton Port Health Authority.

  • Southampton (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    *It will be seen that the net. tonnage of vessels entering the Port still increases : due to the increased size of the vessels frequenting the Port, and to a greater number arriving in comparison with previous years, and in consequence the work of sanitary supervision has been increased. Much additional responsibility has arisen by the establishment at Southampton of the Transport Service. During the year under review, the arrival of Troops from India has been a special cause of anxiety owing to the presence of Plague at Bombay. Each of Her Majesty’s Transport Ships arriving with Troops from the infected district has been boarded off Netley by your Port Medical Officer, in conjunction with the Naval and Military Repre¬ sentatives, and by their courteous and valuable assistance all persons on board have been medically examined before proceeding to Dock. The joint inspection of Military and Municipal represen¬ tatives, established in 1896, has been carried out this year with perfect accord and appreciation of all concerned, and I desire to place on record my personal thanks for the kindness and valuable aid rendered by the gentlemen already referred to, without whose assistance the satisfactory medical examination of Troopships would have been impossible. In this report I shall refer briefly to the practical effect and working of the New Regulations, instituted by the Local Government Board in pursuance of the Public Health * Sep Table B.