[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Staffs to impress upon mothers the very real danger which exists by children not being vaccinated against both Smallpox and Diphtheria. Ambulance Services.—There has been no changes in the ambulance services during the year. The work undertaken by ambulances has decreased while the journeys, patients carried, and mileage covered by sitting case cars has shown an increase. Figures showing these are to be found under “Section 27— Ambulance Services” in the report. Dental Care of Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Young Children.—The School Dental Officers continue to devote one eleventh of their time to this work. The numbers of mothers treated during the year and those made “dentally fit” have also increased as will be seen from Table VII to my report. Domestic Help Scheme.—The cost of the Domestic Help Scheme is still on the increase and during 1955 the cost exceeded £17,000. No whole time helps are employed but the services in the homes were carried out by no less than 189 part-time domestic helps enrolled under the scheme. The number of cases to whom help has been granted has very nearly doubled since 1950, the j figure for that year being 128 cases assisted. Poliomyelitis. There was a small outbreak of Poliomyelitis during 1955, the first case occurring in a school child in Brecon, who attended the j Postern V.P. School, on the 17th September, 1955. This was a paralytic case in which the legs were affected and the child was I admitted to the Mardy Isolation Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil. The I second case occurred in a farm worker, liged 18 years, who was | working at Llanywern, but whose home was at Upper Chapel, j This patient died at the Cardiff City Isolation Hospital on the j 6th October, 1955. On the 11th October a further three cases were notified—a girl of 11 years from Newbridge, who was a pupil of a Radnor- j shire school, a child of nearly 3 years from Builth Wells, and another boy from Upper Chapel, who was a pupil of Mount Street C.P. Mixed School. Two of these cases were admitted to] Mardy and the last mentioned was taken to Cardiff. On the 29th October, 1955, a child from Libanus aged nearly 5 years was notified and admitted to Mardy Hospital. This was followed by four cases notified on the 31st. October, 1955, these being a boy not attending school from Llanfihangel Nant-bran, ! and two adults from Pencelly and Garth, and a child aged 12 years from St. David’s Convent, Brecon. Another two cases were notified on the 2nd and 7th Novem- j ber, 1955, respectively, a child from Brynmawr V.P. Infants j School and the other aged 13 years attending Mount Street C.P. School. This gives a total of 12 cases notified during the year, ^