[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough.

  • Merthyr Tydfil (Wales : County). Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SPECIALIST SERVICES. Specialist Services are available for children in re.spect of ; (a) Orthopaedics. (b) Ophthalmic. (c) .Ear, Nose and Throat. (d) Heart and 'Iheumatic diseases. The Consultants ilable are respectively:— Mr. A. O. Parker. Mr. Rupert Parry. Mr. R. D. Owen. Mr. Hector Thomas ; and Dr. Arthur Watkins (Heart and Rheumatic Diseases), who is also available for general Paediatrics. ORTHOPAEDIC DEFECTS. These are seen by Mr. A. O. Parker either at special sessions locally or children alternatively are sent to the Prince of Wales’ Hospital, Cardiff. Major operative work is done either at the Tydfil Lodge, Merthyr Tydfil, or at the Prince of Wales’ Hospital, Cardiff. Minor operative work such as Manipulation of Talipes Equinovarus is done at the Clinics, and remedial exercises, massage, radiant heat, etc., are under the care of a specially-trained OHhopaedic Nurse. These arrangements for the orthopaedic treatment of Infant Welfare [cases are co-ordinated with the treatment of the work of the School [Medical Seiwice. ' OPHTHALMIC DEFECTS. Dr. Rupert Parry is employed as a Consultant by the Education Committee and the Infant Welfare Authority, and he Is the respon- sible consultant for these defects. Children are regularly referred to him. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT DEFECTS. Children are referred for suspected abnormalities to the Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant employed jointly by the Education Au- thority and the Local Health Authority, for this purpose. PAEDIATRICS. Dr. Arthur G. Watkins Is the Paediatrician employed by the -ocal Authority for general Paediatrics in relation to Infant Welfare [hildren and children of school age. A.—Ante-natal Clinics : (1) Number of clinic premises = 4. (2) Number of expectant mothers who attended In 1916 = 1,191. (3) Number of sessions held weekly = 6.