[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Tyne Port Health Authority.

  • Tyne Port Health Authority
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Tyne Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION VTTT.—VENEREAL DISEASE. Tlicrc arc three centres for diagnosis and treatment of venereal disease in tlie area of the ports of Tyne, and access to these centres is reasona])h^ easy from any part of the port. 1/ c 1/ jL X. Newcastle General Hos])ital is available morning and afternoon, A\hard 25, Preston Hospital, North Shields on two evenings and the Municipal Clinics at South Shields each morning. It is regretted that the daily attendance at Preston Hospital has liad to be curtailed on account of staffing difficulties, but South Shields Clinics are less than two miles away. t/ Inpatient wards are available for suitable cases. All information, in respect of facilities are issued to ships by officers of the Authority. SECTION IX- -CASES OF NOTIFIABLE AND OTHEB INFECTIOUS DISEASES ON SHIPS. TABLE D. Category. Disease. Number of cases during the year. Number of ships concerned. Pass¬ engers. Crew. Cases landed from Chickeii Pox 2 e w ships from foreign Malaria 1 1 j)orts . Suspected Pneumonia 1 1 T uberculosis 1 1 Suspected Tuberculosis 1 1 Cases which liave Dysentery 1 L occurred on ships Enteric 1 1 from foreign ports Malaria 1 1 l)ut luive l)oen Recuri'ent Malaria 1 1 disposed of before Pneumonia -) arrival . Suspected Pneumonia . 2 -> Tuberculosis o w 1 Sus]5ected Tuberculosis 1 1 Cases landed from Chicken Pox 1 1 other ships Recurrent Malaria 1 1 Measles 1 1 Para Tyi^l^^'^i^l 1 1 Pneumonia 1 i Rubella 1 1 Tuberculosis . 1 1
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