[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority.
- Newport (Wales). Port Health Authority.
- Date:
- 1941
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![::50urce of ‘lyater Supply. The drinking water of the x-ort is obtained from the Heservoirs of the Corporation of Newport. The water supply is shipped direct from the,town mains. There are no water boats. INr'lGTIOUo DIoNAoho AND rOHT oANlTAKY RSGULATIONoj 1933* Information in reference to cases of Infectious Diseases on inward vessels and vessels requiring special attention is supplied by rilots by arrangement with the Pilotage Board; Shipping Agents and H.M. Customs. The Preventive Officers on duty at the Alexandra Docks Entrance report an,]^ such in- formation to the port Sanitary Inspector or by telephone to the office during office hours and to the Medical Officer of Health at his private residence at all other times day and night. Only one vessel arrived from a Port infected, or sus- pected to be infected (aimallpox; during the year. No case of “ suspicious illness occurred during the voyage or after the vessel's arrival in Port* One hundred and forty-seven cases of infectious sickness, etc., occurred on vessels during their voyages to Newport or after arrival here,, namelyj- Malaria 23; Influenza 8, Venereal Diseases 88, Measles 1 , ocabies 24-, and Cerebro-Spinal-Pevor 1. (Dee Tables ‘*0“ and “D“). Ordinary case-s of Infectious Diseases were accommodated at the’ Borough Isolation Hospital and conveyed in the Borough Ambulances, by arrangement between the two Authorities. • There were no cases of Plague, Cholera, Yellow Pever, Typhus Fever, or Smallpox. The disinfection of (quarters is carried out under the supervision of the Port Sanitary Inspectors and infected bedding, clothing, etc., is either disinfected at the Borough Disinfection station or burnt. Venereal Diseases. Dr. Ingram, the Medical Officer in charge of the Venereal Diseases Clinic at the Hoyal Gwent Hospital, has supplied me with the following particulars re treatment of Seamen, who visited the Port during the year;- j British Subject s ■ Foreigners Total 1 13 4-1 Av. 1941 Av. 1S41. Av. i \ Y/hite Colour- ed Total x^rev . 5 yrs. Pfev. 5 yrs. Prev. 5 yrs. \ iNo.of pat- j ients ex- 79 i9 98 82.0 205 71.6 303 153.6 1 amined iPound to be i suffering 1 from: j Syphilis. . . ,17 . . 5 22 23.2 87 22.6 109 ' 45.8 j GonDrrhD.en . 5.0 . . 9 . 59 46. 0 90 31.8 149 77.8 , j Soft Chancre 2 i 3 3. 6 13 6.8 16 10.4 1 Pound, no.u .to be suffering from.Venereal j Disease 1 o' 4 i P 10.4 0 C* '.9^6 I Tr 0.1 /■ 1 . ■ 1 .3-V3 i 00 YJ/ . '■ ■](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28867385_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
