[Report 1927] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chepstow Joint Hospital, St. Arvans (owned jointly by Chepstow Urban and Rural District Councils) 5 Ebbw Vale Urban Hospital, Beaufort 5 Monmouth Borough Hospital, Buckholt ... ... 3 Nantyglo and Blaina Urban Hospital, Coalbrookvale 3 Tredegar Urban Hospital, Ash Vale, Nantybwch ... 2 Cases from Abercarn, Bedwas and Machen, Caerleon, Llanfrechfa Upper, Llaiitnrnam, Panteg, Risca, Mynyddislwyn, and Usk Urban Districts, and Magor, Pontypo'ol and St. Mellons Rural Districts are admitted to the Newport Borough Isolation Hospital, Allt-yr-yn, NewjMDrt, when accommodation is available. The charge in such instances to the Local Authority concerned is about ;£3 3s. Od. per case per week. In the Rhymney Urban District an ordinary dwelling house is being used for the isolation of infectious cases. This arrangement is quite unsatisfactory. The house, however’, has recently been improved by the provision of bathroom and lavatoiy accommodation. It is yjossible to isolate three cases of one sex at a time. Regarding the Isolation Hospital of the Ebbw Vale Urban District Council, the Medical Officer of Health Reports that the structural condition of this building is far from satisfactory, and is dingy and depressing, and although minor repairs have been done, the effect has only been temporary. Owing to the defective con- dition of the roof, the whole of the top floor is rendered dafhp, thereby causing the sleeping accommodation of the staff and +he two extra wards occasionally used to be in a condition that is undesirable. In 1923 an estimate for thorough repairs was submitted by the Surveyor to the Local Council amounting to ;£800, but Dothing was done owing tO' the financial position, and matters have consequently become worse. Something should be dene immediately to remedy the serious defects and save the building from absolute ruin. Overcrowding in some portions of the County still renders home isolation difficult and even though increased accommodation has been provided during the year for the isolation of cases of infectious disease, the provisions in the County are still inadequate. Several of the Isolation Hospitals in the County, both as regards accommodation and suitability, have been improved. Tliis has been done in each instance where the County Council have acquired the use of the Hospitals for the purpose of isolating Small Pox cases. There still remains, however, several Isolation Hospilals which are unsuitable for the purpose. A (2) Small Pox. Prior to 1927 the County Council held on lease a small building at Cefn, near Newport, which lias for many years been kept by the St. Mellons Rural District ounci , foa' use as a Small Pox Hospital when required. Owing to the severe epi emic of Small Pox which became prevalent in the Cdunty, the facilities for the yy y y yy 22 beds 10—12 „ 10—12 ,, 5-7 „ 20