[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a names of these fifty cases have been sent to the Itegioual Hospital Board, who are the Authority now responsible for providing accommodation in some cases. • (2) Guardianship and Supervision. On the 31st December, 1948, there were ten cases under guardianship. At the same time the number of cases under supervision was 710, made up of 330 males, and 380 females. These figures do not include defectives who are in Certified Institutions or under licence or under guardianship, but it includes 47 males and 44 females who are detained in Pen-y-Fal Hospital, Abergavenny. (3) Training. The department at present is considering the possibility of opening an Occupational Training Centre for Mental Defectives if a suitable sito can be found. It is hoped that about 30 to 40 defectives would be transported daily from their homes, and, who at the clinic, would receive training in such things as mat-making, sewing, and other kindred subjects. The possibility has also been considered of appointing a trained worker in occupational therapj^ who would visit mental defectives at their homes at weekly intervals, bringing suitable materials. This would result in the mental defectives being use- fully employed, and would also get over the difiiculty in transport in the cases living in remote areas. ( 3) Ambulance Services. The Duly Authorised Officers are responsible for providing a car or ambulance for the purpope of taking a certified patient from his home to the mental hospital. In the case of a voluntary patient, the Duly Authorised Officer provides a car or ambulance if requested. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE A. WORK OF THE HEALTH VISITORS. There were at the end of the year 39 full-time Health Visitors on the Council’s staff undertaking Maternity and Child Welfare and School Medical Inspection work. The apportionment of time to Maternity and Child Welfare was approximately that of 30 Health Visitors. The number of visits paid to the homes by Health Visitors during the last six years were : —