The Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1938, created by the Ministry of Health, dealt with preventing the entry of infectious diseases into Britain via aircraft, applied to all HM Customs and Excise approved airports where foreign aircraft land and came into force on 1 July 1938. They were constructed to comply with the Office International d'Hygiene's International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation, first drafted in Paris in 1930. The regulations established sanitary aerodromes and its administration was the responsibility of the town councils.[1][2]
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| Introduced by | Ministry of Health |
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| Commencement | 1 July 1938 |
| Text of the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1938 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
Origin edit
The Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1938 were constructed to comply with the Office International d'Hygiene's International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation, first drafted in Paris in 1930 and then signed at The Hague on 12 April 1933. It was ratified in the UK on 15 September 1934. Each government drew up its own regulation.[3][4]
Application edit
The regulations came into force in the UK on 1 July 1938.[3][4] They applied to all aerodromes approved by the Commissioners of Customs for the landing or departure of foreign aircraft. At the time 24 aerodromes were approved as "customs" aerodromes, of which four were designated as "sanitary aerodromes"; Doncaster, Croydon, Heston and Southampton.[5]
The administration of the regulations was the responsibility of the town councils, and carried out by its medical staff under the supervision of the medical officer of health.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (1943). Trade Regulations and Commercial Policy of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press Archive. pp. 240–242.
- ^ Ravenel, Mazÿck P. (September 1939). "A Synopsis of Hygiene (6th ed.)". American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health. 29 (9): 1050–1051. doi:10.2105/AJPH.29.9.1050-b. ISSN 0002-9572. PMC 1529532.
- ^ a b Whittingham, H. E. (March 1939). "Preventive Medicine in Relation to Aviation". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 32 (5): 455–472. doi:10.1177/003591573903200533. ISSN 0035-9157. PMC 1997529. PMID 19991846.
- ^ a b "Safeguarding health at the airports". The British Journal of Nursing, May 1938, p. 122.
- ^ 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. PMC 2181927. PMID 19993379.
- ^ "Croydon Airport (medical inspection). (Hansard, 16 February 1939)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Medical News". British Medical Journal. 1 (4078): 487. 4 March 1939. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4078.487. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2209095.