[Report 1938] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1938
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    The motor ambulance of the Joint Committee of the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross Society, which is kept at Crosskeys, is available for use anywhere in the County for non-infectious and accident cases. A scheme is now under consideration for the provision of ambulance facilities for accident cases occurring within the County. CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. The County Council has established 43 Maternity and Child Welfare Centres in the County and 16 Ante-.Natal Clinics. Full details are given in the County Maternity and Child Welfare Report. The County Education Committee has provided I I School Clinics, details of which are set out in the School Medical Inspection Report. There are no day nurseries in the County. The Tuberculosis Visiting Stations are detailed later in this Report. There is one Treatment Centre for Venereal Diseases—at the Royal Gwenl Hospital, Newport, details of which will be found later in this Report. The County Council has established seven Clinics for the treatment of Orthopaedic cases, at Newport, Pengam, Crumlin, Tredegar, Pontypool, Mon- mouth, Chepstow. The Central Orthopaedic Clinic is at Newport, at which mass- age, electrical treatment, and remedial exercises are given. A scheme is now under consideration for the establishment of a major central clinic near Newport, and for six clinics at the following centres : Black- wood, Crumlin, Tredegar, Pontypool, Rhymney and Aberbargoed. Preliminary plans and details have been prepared by the County Architect and submitted to the Commissioner for Special Areas and the Welsh Board of Health. It is estimated that the total cost will be in the region of £50,000.