[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.
- Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1949
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The following table shows the total number of cases on the County Register at the end of the year: Age Non- Total Periods Respiratory Respiratory All forms M F M F 0— 1— 1 1 2 5— 1 1 1 3 15— 19 16 7 5 47 45— 9 5 2 3 19 65 + 2 2 4 Total 28 25 13 9 75 Radnorshire has always had a lower incidence of Tuberculosis than any other County in Wales. The death rate per 1,000 of the population for the year 1949 was *01 as compared with the rate for England and Wales of '45 Venereal Disease. There is no clinic or centre for the treatment of Venerea] Disease in the County. Such cases are dealt with by arrangement with the Herefordshire County Council and the Salop County Council at their clinics at Hereford and Shrewsbury. Particulars of Radnorshire patients treated at these clinics during the year as follows: Clinic. Syphilis. Gonorrhoea. Other Conditions Shrewsbury — — 1 Hereford 7 — 9 Total 7 — Cancer. 10 Thirty-two patients died from cancer, giving a mortality rate (per 1,000 of the population) of 1’6. In a very interesting monograph prepared by Dr. A. R. Culley, Medical Member of the Welsh Board of Health, it is shown that the incidence of cancer of the skin is significantly higher in this area than in any other in Wales, whereas cancer of the prostate, rectum, uterus and breast are signi- ficantly less common here than elsewhere. Altogether, the incidence of cancer of all forms is signficantly less here than in the whole of England and Wales. The reason for this is not clear. Inspection and Supervision of Food. Under the Food and Drugs Acts inspection and super- vision of food is carried out by the County Inspector of Weights and Measures. During the year there were two prosecution for food offences under these Acts. These were in connection with two samples of milk taken from two vendors](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28875035_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
