[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Port Health District.

  • Workington (England). Port Health District.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Port Health District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2- ^lt(ir(i(‘fer and Trade of the Tori. {at) Ta.'^.^eihfjer Traffie darinfj the Year. Inwards 8. Outwards Nil. (d) Car (JO 1' raffle.—The chief imi^ort was iron ore and the chief exports were rails, fish-plates, steel sleepers, pitch and coal. (c) Toreijjn Tort.^ from irhieh re.-i.seJs arrive. S])ain—Almeria, Aguilas, Bilbao, Hornillo, Seville. N or way—N arvik. Sweden—Oxelosund. Eo ypt—Abu-Zenima. North Africa—Algiers, Bona, Melilla, Port Bomaine. N etherl ands—Ymuiden. vSierra Leone—Pepel. Iceland—Vestniaiioarne. d. Water Supply. The Port receives the same water supply as the Bor- ougdi of AVorkington, and vessels are supplied from hydrants situated on the dock-side. The character of the water is 1.25 degrees of hardness and is of exceptional purity, proved by (diemical and bacteriological examina¬ tion several times during the year. Notices were given the Masters of four vessels to clean out water storag’e tanks. 4. Port Health Reyalatioas, 1983 and 1945. The Begulations continue to work spioothly, and the arrangements were fully described in my Annual Report foi' 194b. The following 32 cases of sickness or injury wei'e re- ])orted on vessels entering the Port:—Pneumonia 2 (‘ases (1 fatal); Scabies 2 cases; Sciatica 1 case; SexTic* throat 1 case; Injuries 5 cases; Abscess 1 case; Kidney trouble 1 case; Stomach trouble 3 cases; Venereal Disease 15 cases; Acute Poliomyelitis 1 case.