[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Port Health District.

  • Workington (England). Port Health District.
Date:
1925
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    ‘ T .*>^1 :^’.* ’ '*. I \ iM-rrr r r 1 Tov.ri Hr<ll, WOlLCBJaSOK, 17th March 1926# iWaal heport for the Year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health for Port Hcmitary Authority# , Ah Mr# Ohairroau & Gentlemer, I beg to submit to you lay Aiuiual Keport for the year 1925# I have pleasure in reporting that no case of illnoao or infectious diseaso ooourrod diix'ing the year# !?ho Port has further Imd no case of Smallpox which as you will remombor this disease occurred in t}io neighbourhood in epidemic fom^ in tho previous ye'xr# I have paid 26 visits to the Port and ^ound everything satisfactory on these occasions# Owing to the i*e»c on struct ion of the Hew Pod: at Wor!:ingtc3n fox-oign arri^-alG have been divorted to other ports# l^he re—oons tract ion of the Lonsdale Pool: has progressed slo^^vly# I'he doch has nearly been excavated and the Pock wfills practically completed# i'he dock gates are in the process of construction. I'here is still, however, a good deal of work to be carried out before the How Pock v/ill bo completed# ‘iJhc question of the presence of rats has also engaged t^y attention# Prom enquiries made rats have again been seen in tho vicinity of tlio Liverpool trading Warehouse and steps have been toiien to destroy them by tho use of vixus# She chief imports are Iron Ore and material for dtoel works. She exports are Coal, Iron and Steel# Coriiplete co«-*operation exists betv/oen the Ikiblio Health Department and tho Customs Officer v/ho is periodically fuxnishod 7hLth lists of infected Porto abroad. The following table shows the list of i?hipping iietums for the year;- (1^