Reports and papers on the Port and riparian sanitary survey of England and Wales, 1893-94 / with an introduction by the Medical Officer of the Local Government Board.
- Date:
- 1895
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Reports and papers on the Port and riparian sanitary survey of England and Wales, 1893-94 / with an introduction by the Medical Officer of the Local Government Board. Source: Wellcome Collection.
708/822 page 644
![Workington Port Sanitary District. [Workiugton Customs Port (whole).] Inspector: Mr. T. W. Thompson. Date of Inspection : March 22a(l. 1893. Date of Order permanently constituting Port Sanitary District;: December ;Jlst, 1887, as amended by order of July 26th, 1893. 1. Constitution of Port Sanitary Authority :— The Port Sanitary Authority is a Joint Board, termed The Workington Port Sanitary Authority, composed of ten representative members, as follows:— Workington Urban Sanitary Authority, six members. Harrington Urban Sanitary Authority, two members. Cocker mouth Rural Sanitary Authority, two members. The Port Sanitary Authority exercises Port functions in water abutting upon the Workington and Harrington Urban Sanitary Districts and the Cockermouth Rural Sanitary District. 2. Limits of Jurisdiction:— The ivhole of the Port of Workington, which extends from Canker Beck on the North to Lowca Beck on the South. These limits are satisfactory. 3. Riparian Districts included (wholly or in part) in the Port Sanitary District:— Workington Urban Sanitary District. Harrington Urban Sanitary District. Cockermouth Rural Sanitary District. Township :— Seaton. 4. Appoi'tionment of Expenses :— The Workington Urban Sanitary Authority and the Harrington Urban Sanitary Authority contribute in proportion to the rateable values of their Districts. The Cockermouth Rural Sanitary Authority contributes in proportion to the rateable value of the township ot Seaton. 5. General Character and Efficiency of Administration :— This Port Sanitary Authority has not hitherto adequately equipped itself for carrying out its Port Sanitary functions. The Authority now, however, appears disposed to do so. 6. Ports from tohence Ships arrive. (Ports or places (coastwise and foreign) with which the Port Sanitary District has most trade, or is in most frequent communication, are indicated by italics) :— Foreign.—J5«76ao, Cartagena, Antwerp. Hamburg occasionally, also Rouen and Porman.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20415485_0708.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
