HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITIONS IN CLUJ

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGE0"d,y
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECWRITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT . Health and Sanitary Conditions in Cluj
DATE OF INFO.
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 493 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to ar receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by. law. "?'The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
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1. In 1950, the population of Cluj L644N-2333 was approximately 120,000. The
city occupied an area of about 11 to 15 square kilometers. Cluj is situated on
the Somes River (Raul Somes) which is not navigable at that point. Railroad lines
connected the d ty.with Bucharest, Oradea, Satu Mare and Sighet. A civilian
airport, known as the Someseni Airport was situated about eight kilometers east
of town, and the TARS line (Rumanian-Soviet Air Transport) furnished service to
Bucharest, Oradea, Satu Mare and Sibiu. Each plane nprmally had a Soviet pilot,
a Rumanian pilot, and a radioman who used-"an intcrnatiorial code. Messages were
usually sent first in Russian, and i46rul hen repeated in Rumanian.
Community Health Conditions
the birth rate for 1950"th7be 7 per 1,000 and the death rate, 25X1
g per 1,,000. the infant mox'ta-lity rate for the same year at 50
per 1,000..'The leading causes of death were undernourishment, physical and nervous
exhaustion, tuberculosis, inf
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26. The existing : to o i antral lvis :dn Was inoperative. A eery oe
... There was orgy d ?b ttpractieal tfadil tiee ~reree,t aaava labl and was eive a acs
state organization which really concerned it elf,with the public..
rep The only group Which kept close check on the people' e. lives
c a 11 activities which ,"might ' b6. haftful to tie State. There Sias no
follow-up of cases of infectious diseaases by any "welfareworkers..
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27 :here was a group. in Cluj who were educating children taken
as 'militant Communists.
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s reining was being given in a building belong g o Z T,
Neurology Department of the OluJ.Medical School
I.. The Bed' Cross supposedly existed,, but had no functions The
organization,
International Red Gross ways regarded e,s.a spy
29,.... Communicable diseases had to be reported according to a.published
.table .of ;urgency for reporting diseases, The. Armed Forces reported
incidents of infectious disease by telegraph to the Chief Medical
officer.
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30, Babies received immunizations against children's diseases and against.
smallpox. A re-vaccination against smallpox . was. given at the. age of
seven. Adults were expected to receive immunizations against
typhoid and paratyphoid A & B,. but the people were not. conscientious
about reporting for this: inoculations, nor was the task performed
conscientiously by the physicians 4 Only 10% of the population.,
complied. Cluj and other cities, children received the tuberculin;
test and BCG vaeci ationb
3 Workers and their families (about . 10, of the city'_s. populat
received medical care. from the dispensary of the employing 'factory.
Students (10% of the population) were eared for by the Students'
Polyclinic . Employees of the Rumanian Railway System (oils Ferate
Rom ane --- CPR) and their families., who nede up. six per cent of :the ..
population. of Cluj,,, were eared for by the QP. Polycli i.e. The eat;
of'the.population was eared for at the.. City. olyelinie or at.--alinios
of, the. university. Civilians benefited from the Cluj hospitals in
proportion to. their political standing or service' to. the . So of o ant.
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