[Report 1931] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A grant of approximately £600 per annum is made to the Monmouthshire Nursing Association to subsidise the provision of trained midwives in the rural areas of the County, in accordance with the scheme of the County Medical Officer, which was approved by the Public Health Committee and the Local Government Board in October, 1917. During the year 1931 midwives were subsidised in the following areas: — Llantillo Crossenny Raglan Caldicot Llantillo Pertholey Itton Monmouth Goytrey and Llanover Llanfoist Llanfrechfa Lower Tintern and St, Arvans Llandogo and Trelleck Llanarth Usk Abersychan Llangattock-vibon-avel Penhow LABORATORY FACILITIES. Facilities are offered to all medical practitioners in the County for bacterlo- ligical examinations at the County Laboratory, County Hall, Newport, and the services of the Pathologist and Bacteriologist are available for assistance which may be required in the diagnosis of disease. These facilities have been of great assistance to the practitioners of the County and the benefits offered have been made use of to the fullest extent. The following table shows the number of specimens examined at the Public Health Laboratory during the year 1931 and also in the year 1930. The majority of the sputum tests were conducted for the Welsh National Memorial Association, whilst Venereal Diseases specimens, for the most part, came through the Treatment Centre at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport. Table showing nature of specimens submitted for examination and the results thereof :—
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