[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Abergavenny R.D.C.

  • Abergavenny (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Abergavenny R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    o c Undsr ^ yeara of age I90 Between 9' '15 ysars of aee II60 Total 1350 These figyires include those children livin^., in the Rural District who attend schools in the Borough, and*thoso children under school age who were iaiiiunised at the Infant - elfare CliniCo It is difficult to give an accur-ite esti.uc-te of tlie nurber of evacuees included in these figures as many of the .addresses given v/ore those of the foster xaarents; aied by the end of 1942 many had left the district, some being over 13 years of age, and therefore not included. lY. TUBlRChLOSId. Total number of cases notified during the year Number of pulmonary cases ” Mon-pulmonary cases '' deaths from Tuberculosis 13 (including 4 at Mental Hospital) 11 4 9 (All pulmonary) Of the 3bovc deaths five were persoxns resident in the rural district, the remaining four being patients at the Hental Hospital 0 V GCVH:w T EYAGUnTICN Y On Decarber list i9^B tm.^re vere, in the Rural area, 162 unaccompanied children, 42 accoucanlcd children end 23 mothers, A number of the unaccompanied childron attained school leaving 5-ge during the year and left th^; district to start work in their home towns or elsewhere. The general health of the evacuatoc Cxhildrcn has been good, probably the incidence of scabies and impetigo has been no greater among thorn than among the children resioent in the area. The opening of Katherloigh Sick B-iy in Abergavenny (to tal^o evacuated a.nd other children from this part of the couctry) has provided a rent ass..t in trc.riting scabies and impetigo; and has shortened the treatment and time of absence from school very considerably. VI, oANITaRf CIRCUl...dTANCES CF THA aRHA, (a) Housing, Q^/ving to vvartiaie restrictions the figures relating to housing are much the s-ime as last year. Number of houses o'yened by Local Authority on Dec, 1942 ']0 in course of erx^ction Uil erectod in 19^2 By Local Authority Mil By Private Enterprise Nil Nui-ber of houses for v;hich sanction had been given, but ■vhich h..<.d not been commenced 0'-\lng to wartime restrictions ')Q Number of houses inspected for defects 43 Number of houses repaired as a result of inform.il action by Local .^.uthority or its officers 3
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