[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority.

  • Newport (Wales). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CARGO TRAFFIC Principal I^FPORTS Basic Slag, Bauxite, Cider and Apple Pomace, General (include Confectionery, Tinned Meats, Flower Bulbs and Plants), Iron Or Manganese Ore, Mining Macliinery. Muriate of Potasli and Sulphat of Potash, Paper and Wood Pul]), Pig Iron. Pitprops, Telegraph Pole^ Timber, Steel (Billets, Bods, Bars, etc.). Principal EXPORTS Cement, Coal, Coke, Manufactures of Iron and Steel, Oil, Tinplatef and General Cargo. PRINCIPAL PORTS from which ships arrive. Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bayonne, Bona, Bordeaux, Bremen, Caer Casablanca, Copenhagen, Dunkirk, Durban, Gefla, (ihent, Hamburc Ilargshamon, Roping, Leixoes, Lisbon, Montreal, Narvik, New Yorl Oslo, Port Alfred, Quebec, Rotterdam, St. John, Skien, Stavangei Toulon, Wabana. SECTION IV—INLAND BARGE TRAFFIC There is no Inland Barg'e traffic using the district. SECTION V—WATER SUPPLY No Change. SECTION VI—PUBLIC HEALTH (SHIPS) REGULATIONS, 1952 No Change. SECTION VII—SMALLPOX {!) Name of Isolation Hospital to irli'icli smallpox cases are sent fro'i the district. Penrhj's Smallpox Hospital, Rhondda. (2) Arrangements for transport of such cases to the hospital by amhalanc giving the name of the Authority responsible for the ambulance an the vaccinal state of the ambulance crews. The local Ambulance Service of the County Borough of Newpoi would convey such patienis to Hospital. Over seventy-five per cent of the ambulance personnel have li vaccinated and in the event of an outbreak of Smallpox, all would k required to be vaccinated or re-A'accinated. {3) Names of smallpox consultants available. Dr. Emrys G. Harries, City Isolation Hospital, Cardiff. Dr. G. F. J. Thomas, St. David’s Hovspital, Cardiff. {4) Facilities for laboratory diagnosis of smallpox. Institute of PreAmntive Medicine, The Parade, Cardiff,