[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Wisbech Port Health Authority.

  • Wisbech (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Wisbech Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9. J - 2 - Section IV - Inland barge traffic Number using the district ) Tonnage \ None during the year Places served ) Section V - Water Supply (1) Source of supply for (a) the district Wisbech and District Water Board and East Elloe R.D.C. - public supplies. (b) shipping Wisbech and District Water Board. (2) Reports of tests for contamination s - Monthly reports are supplied by the water undertakers and show a bacteriologically pure and wholesome supply. (3) Precautions taken against contamination of hydrants and hosepipes. The hydrants and hosepipes used in the supply of water to ships are kept cleansed as far as possible and, when not in use, are stored so as to avoid contamination. (4) Number and sanitary condition of water boats and powers of control by the Authority. There are no water boats. Section VI - Public Health (Ships) Regulations. 19b2 (1) List of Infected Areas (Regulation 6.) Arrangements for the preparation and amendment of the list, the form of the list, the persons to whom it is supplied and the procedure for supplying it to those persons. The list is kept up by the Medical Officer of Health, who makes amendments thereto as notified to him by the Minister of Health. It is drawn up in a form which sets out the information supplied by the Minister. Any amendments are notified to the Customs Officer and the Pilot Master, the latter being requested to pass details thereof to the pilots. (2) Radio Messages (a) Arrangements for sending permission by radio for ships to enter the district (Regulation 13)* This is not applicable as the port is not a radio trans¬ mitting port. (b) Arrangements for receiving messages by radio from ships and for acting thereon. (Regulation l4(l)(a) and (2). The Authority has no facilities for receiving directly any radio message transmitted by a ship. The ship can, however, get in touch with the Medical Officer of Health through Humber Radio. (3) Notifications otherwise than by radio. (Regulation l4(l)(b)). Arrangements for receiving notifications otherwise than by radio and for acting thereon. A ship wishing; to enter the port waits at the Bar Hat Buoyj which is at the outward limit of the pilotage area and, under normal circumstances, is boarded there by the pilot. If, on