Records of the Port Local Authority of the Glasgow Public Health Department

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This series includes Papers relating to Port Sanitary Authority Provisional Order (D-HE4/3/1); Application by corporation of Glasgow to be constituted Port Local Authority (D-HE4/3/2); Fumigation of Ships etc (D-HE4/3/3); Various files within Port Local Authority Central Filing System (D-HE4/3/4); Letter to the clerk of Port of Glasgow and Clydebank Health Authority (D-HE4/3/5); Log Books of Motor Fishing Vessel 43 (D-HE4/3/6); Imported Food Returns (D-HE4/3/7-8); Port Health Authority Record of Shipping (D-HE4/3/9-10).
In 1903 the International Sanitary Convention of Paris was held as a result of quarantine concerns over outbreaks of the plague. Glasgow applied for and got an order constituting itself as a Port Local Authority with the Medical Officer of Health as the first Port Medical Officer. The Port Local Authority had the functions of disease prevention; disinfection of vessels; inspection of aliens; food inspection; and the health of crews and workers.
For further files on Air Raid Precautions see D-HE1/9/2/23-26 and D-HE5/3. For the minutes of the Port Local Authority 1903-1910 see E1/20.
Some files in this series are closed due to medical confidentiality as is indicated in the relevant entries.
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