[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council.
- Monmouthshire County Council
- Date:
- 1941
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![6 LYDIA BEYITON MATERNITY HOSPITAL. The Coldra, together with acr< of land was gifted to the Monmouthshire County Council hy Sir John Beynon, C.B.E., on the 30th November, 1924, for the purpose of a. Maternity Hospital ill memory of his mother. The adaptation of the Coldra as a Maternity Hospital marks another step in the steady maj of this County towards a reduction of the high incidence of materns mortality - a matter which has “been of grave concern for years as the Maternal Death rates for this County have consistently been higher than that of England and Wales. Every effort is being made reduce this unfavourable incidence* The Lydia Beynon Maternity Hospital was formally ope] on the 22nd January, 1940, for the reception of cases of difficult labour, Co-operation between the Ante Natal Clinics and this Hosp will have far reaching effects upon Maternal Mortality in the Coun 375 complicated obstetrical cases were admitted to t Hospital during the year 1941. 295 admitted through the County An Natal Clinics and 80 were Emergency cases. Llaiifrcchfa Grange Maternity Home. This home is administered by t County Council on behalf of the Ministry of Health, for the^ recept primarily of evacuee expectant mothers. County patients, whose ho. are for various reasons unsuitable for their confinements, are als admitted. The Maternity Home was opened in November, 1940. 31 births took place there in 1941. There are 40 beds. There is a Medical Officer Dr. Sylvia Lucas, who visits the Home daily and an Obstetric Surgeon, Dr. C-lyn Morgan, on call when required. Profes Strachan is also available for specially difficult cases. Other Maternity Hones and Hospitals. Patients were sent by the Council to other Maternity Hospitals when the Lydia Beynon Materni Hospital was full or closed, as follows:- Cardiff Royal Infirmary 6, Royal Gwent Hospital 1, Abergavenny Cottage Hospital 1. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. WATER SUPPLY. Pull details are given in previous reports. DRAINAGE & SEWERAGE. Pull details are given in previous reports. CLOSET ACCQMMODATION. Progress still continues to.be made in the conversio privies, pail closets, etc., into water closets, this being possib where subsidiary sewers have been provided by the various local Authorities. PUBLIC CLEANSING. The collection of house refuse varies according to t conditions prevailing in the various districts. . Usually the refus is collected two or three times a week. In most instances the wor is done by motor lorries fitted with suitable covers. • SANITARY INSPECTIONS OP THE AREA., Mr * J. Jenkin Evans, M.R.S.I., P.S.I.A., the County Sanitary Inspector assists the County Medical Officer in his sanit investigations. SHOPS, Improvements are still being effected under the vari Acts'and Orders etc« , for the improvement of the health and comfor of workers in shops. The Factories Act, 1937, which came into operation on the 1st July, 1939, has secured a general improvement the conditions of factories and work-places.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28861619_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
