[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority.
- Newport (Wales). Port Health Authority.
- Date:
- 1943
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Source of Water Supply, The drinking water of the Port is obtained from the Reservoirs' of the Corporation of Newport. The water supply is shipped direct from the town mains. There are no water boats. INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PORT SANITARY REGULATIONS, 1953. Information in reference to cases of Infectious Diseases on inward vessels and vessels requiring special attention is supplied by Pilots by arrangement with the Pilotage Board, Shipping Agents and H.M.Customs. The Preventive Officers on duty at the Alexandra Docks Entrance report any such informa- tion 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. Forty-one vessels * arrived from Ports infected, or sus- pected to be infected with Smallpox., Plague or Typhus Fever d&ring the year. No case of suspicious illness occurred during the voyage or after, the vessel’s arrival in Port. .Eighty-one cases of infectious sickness, etc., occurred on vessels during their voyages to-Newport or after arrival here, namely:- Malaria 12, Venereal Diseases 56, Scabies 11, Diphtheria 1, and Tuberculosis i. (See Tables ’*0 ” and nD,f.) Ordinary cases 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 Fever, Typhus Fever or Smallpox. The dis infect ion;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. • From information supplied each year by Dr.Ingram, the Medical Officer in Charge of the Venereal Diseases Clinic at th Royal Gwent Hospital, the ’following table has been prepared res pecting seamen who visited the Port during each of the past 4 years of the war. The yearly average figures for the 5-yearly period 1934-38 are given for com/parison:- British Subjects Foreigners j 1940 1941 1 | 1942 ; 1943 Trly. av. 1934- 1940 1941 1942 ! . i < i 1943 , Yrly. j i %U [ 1 ; 1938. \ i i j- . ! i i 1938 , Examined: 99 ! lips ! i 1 ■84 84. | 71.6 ] 87 ; ■ 205 ! j 138 j 107 j 64.2 : Suffering 1 j from: ;' * i ! f ! | Syphilis 30 : 22 25 i 21 22.0 27 87 1 68 51 23 ,2 Gonorrhoea 49 • 59 j 35 30 41 »2 34 90 j 47 ! ' 37 28.0 : Soft Chancre 5 : 3 , n . 9 ; 3,8 , 11- 13 s; 5 j 5.6 Total V.D. cases. 84 1 . t 84 1 *} < - 67 1 6 0 » » i 167.0, 72 . ! 190 \ 123 93 56 .8 . Not V.D, 15 : 14 ; 17 24 j 4.6 15 15 | 15 14 7.4 1 Attendances 367 443. 36 9 293 476.2 290 532 ; 378 318 174.2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28867403_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
