[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Weymouth Port Health Authority.

  • Weymouth (Dorset, England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1950
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Weymouth Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    7/16
    TABLE B II.—CHARACTER OF THE TRADE OF THE PORT (a) Passenger Traffic during the year No. of Passengers ist Class 3rd Class Transmigrants Inwards ... 17,7 99 40-54-6 Nil Outwards ... 17,918 44,463 Nil These figures represent the passenger traffic between Wey¬ mouth and the Channel Islands. No passengers were landed from foreign ports during the year. (b) Cargo Traffic There has been no alteration in the character of the imports and exports to and from the Port. (c) Foreign Ports from which vessels arrived during 1950 Abadan, Bologne, Caen, Casablanca, Dortemunde, Dunkerque, Emden, Gamleby, Gothenburg, Lisbon, Nieuport, Randers, Roscoff, Rotterdam and Trinidad. MEDICAL INSPECTION OF ALIENS The Port is not approved for the landing of aliens. III— WATER SUPPLY Chlorinated water from the Weymouth and Portland supplies continued to be used at the docks concerned. Five samples from the water tanks of two vessels regularly using Weymouth Quay were submitted for bacteriological examina¬ tion and were all reported to be highly satisfactory. IV— PORT HEALTH RECiULATIONS, 1933 8C 1945 There is no change to report in local arrangements. TABLE C Cases of Infectious Sickness landed from Vessels No. of Cases during No. of Vessels Average No. of Disease the year concerned cases for previous Passengers Crew 5 years Pulmonary Tuberculosis Nil i I I TABLE D Cases of Infectious Disease occuring on Vessels during the voyage, but disposed of prior to arrival No. of Cases during No. of Vessels Average No. of Disease the year concerned cases for previous Passengers Crew 5 years Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil No cases of Plague, Cholera, Yellow Fever, Smallpox or Typhus occurred, and no Plague-infected rats were discovered. No severe outbreak of Malaria occurred on any arriving vessel during the year.