YALTA HOSPITALS/INSTRUCTION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANTS/NAVAL AND AVIATION MEDICINE/ENDEMIC DISEASES/VENEREAL DISEASES/WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL

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• Publication Date: October 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPOR
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Yalta Hospitals/ Instruction of Medical Assistants/
Naval and Aviation Medicine/Endemic Diseases/
Venereal Diseases/water Supply and Sewage Disposal
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Hospitals
1 The hoe itais of Yalta included the Tuberculosis Institute, City losp1;
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Infectious Hospital, Clinicological Institute, and very many san taariaV the
largest of which was the Dolossy. Other imlortaant sanitaria were the Mar spdra,
Marino, and the Livadia, which was a former palace. Tb. whole southern
coast of the Crimpa from eie 11 Note: The place name wpa? iris 50X1
in this paragraph are n`''
contained in the USSR Gazetteer, per baps ue to er ,ransii ,;Rf d- W;ion.
For example Simeis is not included, but there is a Simeiz (Semeiz) 50X1
which is near Yalta] on the west, to Aral.ushta on the east, has obese" ~??
san.taria. Large institutions art. located in Oreanda, Kurpaty, Golden Strand,
Mishor, Alupka, and Gursuf. Gursuf, a military resort, had Mary ?.a i tell?i. .
for military personnel only. There were also sanitaria in Ereklik e,Vai ?u. L er,
northeast of Yalta towards the mountains. Tusler had a meteorological -ta'1i.on
for medical purpos?s and a bio-climatological station especiallty for bb, study
of TB. The institutions that catered to the military and top :ivili.a"ns we"me 50X1
tixcell.ent, the others fair to poor. The Infectious Hospital was p LL,Y
poor.
3- The City Hospital in Yalta had one or two horse-drawn ambulances for emi=raencies.
These were later replaced by automobiles which were also available cr use by
the other hospitals in the city, in case of necessity.
Instruction of Medical Assistants
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and that would carry out such work of their own initiative.
US. They often replaced doctors in small towns, particularly for'such work
as deliveries, intravenous injections., and minor surgery, which.tJxey carried
out without specific orders or instructions from regular physicians. It va3
a great help to an overburdened'doctor'to have assistants that were qualified
courses was graduation from the "Seven Year" schools. Courses were three
years in length and were essentially an abbreviated medical course. Many o:
the graduates of these courses., after two or three years expertance, tried for
and obtained. degrees in regular medical schools. As a class, tlWy were goon
workers' ,more experienced and better qualified than registered nurses in the
The feldshers that did become
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a) Intestinal diseases
b) Respiratory diseases including pulmonary pneumonia, especially during
the winter.
c) Parasitic typhus and malaria which were extremely iidely distributed.
Parasitic typhus was endemic in specific areas such as cgncenttation
camps, the Urals, and rural areas and invariably followed famine.
d) Tuberculosis had about seven times the incidence in
the USSR compare to the US. In spite of propaganda to the contrary.
TB was on-the increase, as cows were not tested for
tuberculosis, and children frequently acquired TB from milk. Also
acute juvenile glandular TB, which {.s typical in the US only among
colored people and Indians, was typical for the whole population in
the USSR. This was also true of pulmonary tuberculosis.
physicians were better than those that had not had this experience. There were
also special schools for midwives.
grad that was founded about 1937, which prepared physicians for uaval.,duty.
Naval and Aviation Medicine
5. edical organization in Yalta specializing in naval work=
The leading'institution for this work was the~Naval Medical Academy in Lenin
institution for this work was Zukowskis Academy of the Air Force in Moscow.
naval school of aviation medicine in Yalta. The leadthg
Endemic Diseases
e) Trachoma'
f) Scarlet fever had a high morbidity and a high mortality among
children. '
g) Diphtheria, measles, and whooping cough were also big causes of
mortality.
Venereal Diseases
8.
ese c seasea. were very prevalent
all over the, USSR and were spree by the gienic and unsanitary conditions
which-prevailed. 8yphilisias passed on,especially to children, by the common
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consumption of cigarettes, common glasses, common towels, common bottles. ;,al
the kissing of children by parents, rather than by intercourse. While pro*ri~
tution had been abolished by law and there were no registered professional
prostitutes, poor young women got this disease and spiead it, because they co.iLd
not earn enough to make a living without practicing amateur prostitution.
Even though these young women were officially employed, they were willing to
do anything to increase their very low incomes. The police made a practice
of picking up girls in cafes, restaurants, and theaters.
The official ro ands line was t a venerea ceases wer
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only the old treatments were in use. 50X1
Water Supply and Sewage Disposal 50X1
9. The Crimea had excellent mountain water which was chlorinated in the ciiaie5
before being distributed. However, in spite of this chlorination. the- we-'f
epidemics of intestinal infections. The sewage disposal was mostprimiti.ve, 1111v
authorities tried to make activated sludge but did not succeed because.. of Lit, k+:
of scientific knowledge. The sewage actually was passed out to sea ar' then
returned to the beaches, which were thereby infected.
garbage collections was not frequent eno o :