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

  • Workington (England). Port Health District.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Port Health District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Town Hall, Vforkingt on. To the Cliainian and llenhers of the h'ojlviji^^ton Pojr t Health 8th liar oh, 1S46. ivir. Chairraan and G-entlenien, I present Iierev/ith ny Annual Report for the year 1945, which has been prepared in accordance with Ciicular 1937 of the llinistr:/ of Ilealt]!, dated 11th January, 1940. j ^ By tKe ^H^y* tlTe' ^^^ Tl'ToV ro-“T T'^6, oT”* ) iToT oT** » Medical i Sanitary j ported ! vessels 1 vessels 1 ] Officer j Inspector, j to he j on v/hich [ reported | j of I defec- * defects j as having < \ Health. , j tive. 1 were | infectious! [ I j ! remedied.; disease on* j_______________ __ ! __ j hoard._ < I i i t [Vessels j » [ 1 1 ^Inspected. 72 j 311 j 71 i 58 ] 2 < _ 2 • Water _SujRp_lj_.^ Details of this service have been previously des- crihed. There is a plentiful supioly of fresh w^atex* to meet all requi?:'emerts, Tjie suppl3^ r/as cheraicallA; and hacterio- logically exaixined during the 3^ear and found satisfactory. PpXt Begiilations, 1953._ Tne existing approved arrangements have continued to v/ork smoothly. Durin.g the 3rear tv.'o vessels reported suspected infectious diseases duiring the vo^.^agos. The Master of a Norwegian vessel reported a fireman sick„ The nan v/as removed to the Isolation Hospital as suspected Diphtheria, but fortunately the diagnosis 'v/as not confirmed. The other report was from a Swedish vessel from Algiers. Prior to this vessel arriving telephone communications were received from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of V/ar Transport intimating (Cont, u 0«