[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool Port Health Authority.

  • Port Health Authority of Liverpool. n 2014184020.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The value of merchandise, which reached the high figure of <£303,307,103 for the year 1907, and the number of persons passing through the Port of Liverpool* constitutes an indication of the importance of the Trade of the Port and of the interests which the Authority has the duty of safeguarding. Statement showing the passenger movement between Liverpool and Ports out of the United Kingdom during the year 1908. • Ports in Europe. All Nationalities. Ports out of Europe. Total. British. Foreign. From Liverpool. 5,710 4,763 130,823 74,490 81,832 97,966 217,865 177,219 To Liverpool . POWERS WITH REGARD TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE. CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER AND PLAGUE. Under section One Hundred and Thirty of the Public Health Act of 1875, the Local Government Board may from time to time issue regula¬ tions for the prevention of Epidemic Disease by land or sea. During the years 1892 and 1893 Cholera was prevalent in Hamburg and at other places on the Continent, and certain regulations were issued concerning the importation of rags from France, the Black Sea, and the North Sea Littoral. These have either been rescinded or are in abeyance, but are of interest having regard to the recent recrudescence of Cholera in Russia. Order of November, 1896. On the 9th November, 1896, a general order was issued which is the foundation of the present system for the protection of this country from Cholera, Yellow Fever or Plague. This protection is entrusted in the first instance to the Officers of H.M. Customs who are empowered to * See Returns of Board of Trade re ” Emigration ” on pages 61-62, and also figures furnished by the Inspector of Aliens, page 55.