[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby Port Health Authority.

  • Great Grimsby (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION VII - SMALLPOX (1) The isolation hospital to which cases of smallpox are sent from the district is the Laceby Hospital, Laceby, near Grimsby. (2) The transport of cases of smallpox occurring in the Port Health district would be carried out by the Ambulance Service of the Grimsby local Health Authority. The Medical Officer of Health is responsible to that Authority for this service and for the vaccinal state of the ambulance crews. The latter is kept up-to-date. (3) The names of smallpox consultants available are as follows:- Dr. John Glen (4) Specimens for laboratory diagnosis of smallpox would be sent to either of the following:- The Department of Bacteriology, University of Liverpool, Medical School, Ashton Street, Liverpool, 3. or The Virus Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, Lendon, N.W.9.