Port Sanitary Authorities
Port Sanitary Authorities were established in England under the 1872 Public Health Act.
By 1904 the Port of London had a medical officer of health and 10 sanitary inspectors. In 1905 they seized 3517 quarters and 1463 pieces of beef, 524 crates of rabbits, 5 cases and 1121 tins of canned meat, and 166,860 eggs, among other suspicious foodstuffs. Disposing of large quantities could be a problem. 18,399 diseased carcasses were dumped at sea in 1902 from one vessel. [1]
The Port Sanitary Authorities (Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1920 were issued by the Ministry of Health on 14 July 1920 and came into operation on 1 August of that year. They imposed additional duties upon Port Health Authorities and their Medical Officers of Health and contained a definition referring to 'any epidemic or acute infectious disease'.[2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Otter, Chris (2020). Diet for a large planet. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-226-69710-9.
- ^ Health, Great Britain Ministry of (1921). Annual Report of the Ministry of Health. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 142.
- ^ Johnson, Niall (2006-09-27). Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic: A Dark Epilogue. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-21501-0.
- ^ Stock, P. G. (24 May 1946). "Progress and Problems in Port Health Administration". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 39 (10): 660–672. doi:10.1177/003591574603901015. PMID 19993379.
- ^ Johnson, Niall (2006-09-27). Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic: A Dark Epilogue. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-21501-0.