[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Ipswich Port Health Authority.

  • Ipswich (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Ipswich Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (5) Arrangements for— (a) Hospital Accommodation for Infectious Diseases (other than Smallpox—see Section VII). St. Helen’s Isolation Hospital, Foxhall Road, Ipswich. (h) Surveillance and Follow up of Contacts. Contacts proceeding to places outside the Borough and the Port of Ipswich are notified to the Medical Officer of Health of the district to which they are proceeding, and contacts remaining on the ship are kept under observation daily by an Officer of the Port Health Authority. (c) Cleansing and Disinfection of Ships, Persons, Clothing and other articles. On a ship where infectious disease has occurred, disinfec- tion of the infected parts of the ship is carried out by the staff of the Port Health Authority. A Cleansing Station for persons is established at the office of the Port Health Authority and further facilities for the cleansing of persons exist at the St. Helen’s Isolation Hospital and at the Ipswich Smallpox Hospital. Section VII.—Smallpox. (1) Name of Isolation Hospital to Which Smallpox Cases are Sent from the District. Ipswich Smallpox Hospital, Foxhall Heath. (2) Arrangements for Transport of such Cases to that Hospital by Ambulance, Giving the Name of the Authority Responsible for the Ambulance and the Vaccinal State of the Ambulance Crews. Ipswich Ambulance Service. The vaccinal state of the ambulance crews is under constant review. (3) Name(s) of Smallpox Consultant(s) Available. Dr. R. A. Leader, Medical Officer of Health and Port Medical Officer, County Borough of Ipswich. (4) Facilities for Laboratory Diagnosis of Smallpox. Public Health Laboratory, Borough General Hospital, Woodbridge Road East, Ipswich. Cavendish Laboratory, Austin Wing, Free School Lane, Cambridge. Telephone: Cambridge 4765.