[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Pembrokeshire County Council.

  • Pembrokeshire County Council
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Pembrokeshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MILK AND DAIRIES ORDER. 1926, AND THE MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) ORDER, 1936-38. Tuberculin Tested Licences held during, Year 616 Accredited Licences held during the Year 118 Total 734 No. ot Attested Herds in the County at the end of the Year—1,505. PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS. Fifty persons with failing eyesight have been sent to the Ophthalmic Surgeons for examination and report. Twenty-eight were certified as “Blind.” Twenty-six were provided with spectacles; live were recom- mended medical treatment and eye operations were advised in nine cases. Five persons received operative treatment, which resulted in three blind persons being de-certilied. BLIND PERSONS ACTS, 1920-38. Blind Children under 5 years of age •••;■• . C V i ^ Blind Children receiving education at the Bridgend School for the Blind •••••• \ Ineducable Children between 5 and lb years Pupils at the Royal Normal College for the Blind ... . ... 1 Home Workers under the Supervision of the Birmingham Institution for the Blind ,, Blind Persons granted Domiciliary Assistance in 1J4b ii New Cases added to the Register in 1946 .... ■•••••••••; New Cases examined during the year and found not blind LL Blind Persons on Register and number in receipt of Domiciliary Assistance in the various Districts at 31st December, 194b No. in receipt District No. on County of District. Register. Domiciliary Female. Total. Assistance. URBAN DISTRICTS : 5 5 10 .... 11 15 26 ] cl V cL IOI tlWtrrTl 8 4 12 1 n / 8 2 5 7 .... 14 15 29 6 9 15 RURAL DISTRICTS : .... 12 18 30 ... 10 25 35 18 16 34 13 2 11 Total in 1946 Total in 1945 89 94 130 219 129 223 4 7 2 3 0 10 4 7 6 8 3 54 124 The decrease shown In regard to is due to the inception of part of the National which granted increased pensions to Old Age a
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