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.
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![tion or spvcaci of Cholera, give a certificate in dur>licate in the following: form, or to the like effect, and shall deliver one to the Master, and retain the other or transmit it to the Sanitary Authority: Certificate. day of , 189 . Sanit^vry Authority op I hereby certify that I have examined the ship from now in the port of and that she has passengers on board in a filthy or otherwise unwholesome condition [or has come from a place infected with Cholera], and that in my opinion, it is desirable with a view to checking the introduction or spread of Cholera, that the persons on board the ship should not be allowed to land unless they satisfy me as to their names, places of destination, and addresses at such places. Signed Medical Officer of Health (or Medical Practitioner appointed by the Sanitary Authority). Art. III.—When such certificate has been given, no person on board the ship shall leave or be allowed to leave the same unless he satisfy the Medical Ofiicer of Health as to his name, place of destination, and address at such place ; and such name and address ahall forthwith be given by the Medical Officer of Health to the Clerk to the Sanitary Authority, and such Clerk shall thereupon transmit the same to the local Authority of the district in which the place of destination of such person is situate. In this Article the term Local Authority means any Urban or Eural Sanitary Authority, and in the Administrative County of London any Sanitary Authority as defined by the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. Art. IV.—If the Medical Officer of Health have reason to believe that any ship coming or being within the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Authority is infected with Cholera, or has come from a place infected with Cholera, he may direct the bilge water to be pumped out before such ship enters any Dockor Basin ; and on the Sanitary Authority providing a proper supply of water for drinking and cooking purposes for persons on board the ship, he may direct all casks or tanks on board the ship containing water for the use of such persons to be emptied and cleansed, and the Master shall cause the said directions to be carried into effect. Art. Y.—This Order shall be read as one with the said Order dated the 28th day of August, 1890, and words herein shall have the same meaning as words in that Order. Griven under the Seal of Office of the Lc cal Government Board, this Sixth day of September, in the year One thousand eight hundred and ninety-two. Henbt H. Fowler, g ^ President. Hugh Owen, Secretary. Notice.—The Public Health Act, 1875, provides, by Section 130, that any person wilfully neglecting, or refusing to obey or rarry out, or obstructing the execution of any regulation made under that Section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20415485_0800.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
