[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Port Health District.

  • Workington (England). Port Health District.
Date:
1945
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    To\7n Hall, vforkingt on. Gull llarch, 1946, To the Chairnan and. llenhers of the T'orkington Port Health Comittee. . Cnairraan and. G-G.ntlemen, I present Iierov/ith ry Annual Report for the year 1945, which has been prepared, in accordance v/ith Cii cular 1937 of the llinistr:/ of IIealt]i, dated 11th January, 1940. By tFe ^|By TEe’'‘ ^''TlToV’'”ro-’'TA^o. o'? J i^T of**' ^ Medical 1 Sanitar^^ ! ported ! vessels 1 vessels | Officer j Inspector. | to he j on x'/hich j reported 1 of I I defec- < defects j as having ‘ I xfere \ infectiousi j renedied.J disease onj Health. I ‘Vessels ^Inspected. 72 1 ♦ 311 71 58 board._ < t I s ' 2 \ 2 • Wate^SjiRp^l_ Details of this service have been previously des- cribed. There is a plentiful supply of fresh x^ater to meet all requiii'one.T^ts, The supplj?' vjas chenically and bacterio- logically exaiuined during the 3rear and found satisfactory. Tlie existing approved arranpenents have continued to v/ork s.raoothl3r, Durintp the 3rear two vessels reported suspected infectious diseases dua’lirp the vo3.’-a3jos. The Master of a Rorv/egian vessel reported a fireiian sick^ The nan x’/as removed to the Isolation Hospital as sus:pscted Diphtheria, but fortunately the diagnosis x/as not confirned. The other report xvas from a Swedish vessel from Algiers. Prior to this vessel arriving telephone comunications xvere received from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of h‘ar Transport intimating (C ont«o