[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough.

  • Berwick-upon-Tweed (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Public Health (Ships) Regulations, 1952. Lists of areas where infectious disease is prevalent continue to be sent to the Customs Officer, Harbour Commissioner and the local Shipping Agents and there are Standing Orders in force for dealing with any “ infected ” or “ suspected ” vessel should the occasion arise. Summarised below is the traffic of the Tweed Dock and the activities of the department in this direction. Ships from No. Tonnage Number inspected No. of Ships by M.O.H. by P.H.I. reported as having had during the voyage, infec- tious disease on board 7 Nil - Nil 7 Nil One One Foreign Ports 23 5,037 — Ccastwise ... 27 5,608 — Total ... 50 10,645 — Passenger Traffic— Number of Passengers Inward Number of Passengers Outward Cargo Traffic— Principal Imports—Timber, Pyrites, Cement, Petroleum, Potash, Nitro-Shell Fertiliser. Principal Exports—Nil. Principal Ports from which ships arrive—Antwerp, Kemi, Pomaron, Casablanca, Swax, Rotterdam.