[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Ipswich Port Health Authority.

  • Ipswich (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Ipswich Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 (c) Number of water boats and their sanitary condition. - One water boat is used. It is owned by the Felixstowe Dock Company and is inspected regularly by the Sanitary Inspector of the Harwich Port Health Authority. The sanitary condi- tion is satisfactory. PORT SANITARY REGULATIONS , 1933 and 1945:- 1. Arrangements for dealing with Declarations of Health:- A Declaration form is handed to the Master of a vessel from a foreign port either by the Pilot, the Customs Officers or the Port Sanitary Inspector, and, v/hen filled in, iB returned to the Port Health Authority either by the Customs Officer or the Port Sanitary Inspector. 2. Boarding of vessels on arrival Vessels from foreign ports are boarded by an Officer of the Port Health Authority at Cliff Quay, Ipswich, or at the Ipswich Dock. 3. Notification to the Authority of inward vessels requiring special attention (wireless messages, land signal stations, information from pilots, Customs Officers, etc.):- Arrangemente have been made with the Customs Officers to notify to the Port Health Authority any inward vessel requiring special attention; also, for wireless messages received by local ship- ping agents, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of the Regulations, to be forwarded to the office of the Port Health Authority. 4. Mooring stations designated under Article 10: (a) within the docks; (b) outside the docks (a) The established inner mooring station it situated at Cliff Quay, Ipswich. (b) The established outer mooring station is situated at the Anchorage at Butterrain's Bay. 5. Particulars of any standing exemptions from the provisions of Article 14:- A standing exemption from detention under Article 14 bas been granted by the Medical Officer in respect of al] unhealthy ships, except those unhealthy on account of cholera, plague, yellow fever, typhus, smallpox or chickenpox. 6. Experience of working of Article 16:- No difficulty arose during the year in carrying out the restric- tions on boarding or leaving a ship arriving from a foreign port. 7. What, if any, arrangements have been made for:- (a) Premises and waiting rooms for medical examination. (b) Cleansing and disinfection of ships, persons and clothing and other articles. (c) Premises for the temporary accommodation of persons for whom such accommodation is required for the purpose of the regulations. (d) Hospital accommodation available for Plague, Cholera, Yellow Fever, Smallpox and other infectious diseases. • (e} Ambulance transport. (f) Supervisions of contacts. (a) Medical examinations are carried out on board the ship concerned. /3