[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council.

  • Glamorgan (Wales). County Council. nb2014013905.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (Blomargan Camttn Cnunril. To the Chairman and Members of the Sanitary Committee. Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you my Annual Report for the year 1908, on the health and sanitary condition of the Administrative County of Glamorgan, together with a summary of the Reports of the District Medical Officers of Health. The arrangement of the subject matter is the same as that adopted in previous reports, so that the series may be uniform for the purpose of comparison. In the new Memorandum on the Duties of Medical Officers of Health, issued by the Local Government Board in November, 1908, it is stated that they consider that every Medical Officer of Health ought not, in general, to have any difficulty in preparing his Report within two months, but if, from any special circumstances it cannot be completed within this period, it should be presented within at least three months from the end of the year. Out of a total of 31 Reports received from District and Port Sanitary Authorities, only five reached me within two months, and only sixteen within three months, from the end of the year. Two came in as late as the 3rd June and 16th July respectively, and it is for this reason that this Report has again been somewhat delayed. All the District Reports were presented in book or pamphlet form, but there is still a need of greater uniformity in regard to their size, etc. The Local Government Board Tables, which should be printed and included in such a way as to form part of every report, were in many cases received in manuscript, and simply fastened to the report. Under the circumstances, I again venture to appeal to the various District Medical Officers of Health, and would suggest that :— (1) The Reports should be printed in demy octavo, i.e., 8J by 5-J inches. (2) The five statistical tables required by the Local Government Board be printed and appended. Again, with regard to the Reports of the Medical Officers themselves, several new subjects are mentioned with regard to which information should be afforded, viz. :— (1) Any action taken under the Housing of the Working Classes Act. (2) Plumbo-solvency of water. (3) Amount of Hospital accommodation. (4) Tuberculous milk. (5) The control of Tuberculosis. (6) Local administration of the Midwives and Notification of Births Acts.