[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Brecon—31. Neath General—57. St. Tydfil’s (Merthyr Tydfil)—14. Crickhowell—6. Gwaunfarren Maternity Home—11. St. James, Tredegar—7. Hereford County Hospital—3. Amman Valley—1. Morriston—5. Builth Cottage Hospital—4. St. David’s Hospital, Cardiff—1. Llandrindod County Hospital—1. In addition to the arrangements which were made in respect of the above, 4 investigations as to home conditions were made by this Department for the Glantawe Hospital Management Committee (Cases admitted to Amman Valley House) and 1 for St. James Hospital, Tredegar. Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants, and Homeless Children in the District— Arrangements are made with the Swansea and Brecon Moral Welfare Association to carry out this work in return for grant paid, the Health Authority being responsible for the main- tenance of the mother for approximately one month before the confinement and for a period of 14 days after birth. Maintenance after this date becomes the responsibility of the Welfare Com- mittee, who also give the Association an Annual Grant of £100. Day Nurseries, Hospitals for Children, and Mother and Baby Homes.—There are none in the County. The Education Committee has one Nursery School at Brynmawr. Ophthalmia Neonatorum— Number of cases in 1952, in which (a) vision was unimpaired ... Nil (b) Vision impaired ... Nil (c) vision lost ... Nil (d) patient died ... Nil (e) patient still under treatment at end of year... Nil (f) patient removed from district ... Nil (g) classification under above heads cannot be made ... Nil Maternal Deaths— (a) Number of women who died In consequence of child- birth during the year:— From From Other Sepsis. Causes. Totals. Confined at home Confined in Nursing Home (b) Number of women who died:— At home In nursing homes After removal to an Institution Nil Nil Nil