MEDICAL FACILITIES AND CONDITIONS IN PERVOURALSK

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• Publication Date: September 10, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Medical Facilities and Conditions in
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Medical Facilities for T'WS
Each PW Camp had a dispensary, staffed by one German physician and one
Soviet female physician or feldsher. No PW was judged sick unless he
had a fever. This decision was made by the Soviet physician. Patients
with fever were isolated in a small 10-bed barracks in the camp for
several days during which time pyramidon or other antipyretics were
administered. Those requiring hospitalization were sent to a PW hospital.
This hospital had 100 beds and served a :population of 7,000 men. It
was located about six kilometers east of Pervouralsk and consisted of'two
,4b. cracks made of stone, woodeand clay. It-had an infectious diseases
`Action which occupied one-half of the barracks, a surgical section, and
services for neurology, roentgenology, and ENT. In general, the hospital
ti#'ae Vlte primitive. In addition to the German physicians, five Soviet
physic ane were also assigned to the hospital. All the Soviets were
military personnel and three were women. Several nurses and Leldshe
were also on the staff, A.small laboratory was in operation. central
PW hospital was located within the main administrative PW camp in
Sverdlovsk (N 56-50, E 60-38).and was known as No, 1 Lazaret,
Medical Facilities for Civilians
2: Pervouralek (N 56-54, E 59-58) had several hoepitale,including an accident
hospital and a child
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ospital. No details were known concerning
these except that all were of wooden barrackeirconstruotion + A hospital
f o r mental diseases was located 'tq, the eae't,of Sverdlovsk, In addition
to these facilities, the M constructed a','hgepital and polyclinic for
the use of workers at the Stalin Pipe,Fagtory,a cannon manufacturing
plant. The hospital was finished in 1953. It was a three-story building
of stone and stucco construction, 110 meters by 25 meters, Bed capacity
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was unknown. It was, however, well-constructed with parquet flooring,
central heating, balconies, and outside decorative columns. The
operating room was not open to the outside, and light was furnished by
electricity. Details concerning the factory polyclinic are not known.
These two buildings were to furnish services for the 3,000 workers at
the factory and probably also for their families. These installations
were built in a new section of Pervouralsk, known as Socialist City, on
the southern edge of the town.
Dru& Supply
3. Pervouralsk had no pharmaceutical factories. A drug supply depot was
located in Sverdlovsk from which required items could be ordered. No
details concerning the depot are known.
Diseases
4. Malaria did not occur in Pervouralsk,and no anophaline mosquitoes
were observed. However, many cases of malaria existed in the
Chelyabinsk section and in the swampy areas near the Ob River. Typhus
did not occur; the disease had apparently been brought under control
by the Soviets. Tuberculosis was widespread among the Soviet citizens.
This situation was aggravated by poor hygienic habits, inadequate diet,
and extreme]-%- crowded living conditions. Poliomyelitis was practically
unknown in Pervouralsk, and infectious hepatitis did not occur in
Pervouralsk. Infectious hepatitis, however, was allegedly widespread
in the Crimea. Venereal. diseases were rarely encountered. Individuals
were severely punished when they contracted these diseases. First
offenders were fined one month's pay; second offenders were liable to
imprisonment, particularly if the disease had been concealed. Amoebic
dysentery existed in the area,but bacillary dysentery was more common.
'i.':crachoma was unknowns but it had appeared in epidemic proportions in
Ansk in 1949.
5. Typhoid and paratyphoid were not observed in the later years,although
these diseases had been prevalent in the early postwar period. Dystrophy
occurred only among the PWs,notong the civilians, although the diet of
the population was unusually one-sided and low in protein. Scabies was
very common. The civilian population suffered from a variety of skin
diseases, attributed to poor hygienic habits and, possibly,, tc,e the poor
quality of the fats eaten. Diptheria.was no more prevalent than in
Germany and influenza was not a serious problem. Tularemia, undulant
fever, plague and cholera did not appear in the region. Worm infest-
ation, particularly ascariasis, was common. Santonin and oil of
chenopodium were regularly employed in treatment.
Animal Diseases
6. Swine erysipelas was very frequently reported in the area,but swine
plague was not reported during the period covered by this report. The
inhabitants had a great fear of its possible outbreak. Brucellosis'did
not occur and distemper occurred occasionally. Anthrax, known to the
civilians,as,$irskay va, was reported on several occasions.. Hoof
and mouth disease was present but appeared in a mild form and was not
of much concern to the people. No rinderpest existed. Sheep suffered
from a worn infestation, and;:cattle and sheep were subject to leeches.
Veterinary Affairs
7. Little information was available on veterinary affairs. Pervouralsk
had a.veterinary clinic which was extremely primitive. The cattle
kolkhozy had veterinarians assigned to them,but the local people
considered thin to -be of :Low caliber. No private practice was allowed
to veterinarians in the area. There was no school for veterinary
training in Pervouralsk. A veterinary school was located in Sverdlovsk
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but no details concerning it were available.
Food
8. Recently, efforts were made to force th;. kolkhozy to produce more meat
for the market. In order to meet the norms set up for meat, the farmers
slaughtered many chickens to use their meat as a substitute for beef
for the market, The government has recognized the country's need for
more food and milk for civilian needs and has attempted to encourage
the kolkhozy farmers in. the area to produce more.
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