[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    kidney disease, etc. Following this discussion I was instructed to prepare a report, and this was later submitted to the Town Council. The Report dealt with the question particularly in its relation to the establishment of a “ Minor Gynaecological Clinic,” and it was suggested that this might be associated with the Llanelly General Hospital. Further consideration of this report was de- ferred pending the approval by the Welsh Board of Health of proposals for the erection of a Maternity Hospital Block on a site in the grounds of the General Hospital. Maternity Hospital.—As the Town Council had been ap- proached by representatives of the Committee of the Llanelly General Hospital to give financial assistance to the proposal to erect a Maternity Hospital block within the grounds of the Genera] Hospital, it became necessary to consult the Welsh Board of Health. At the request of the Board, representatives of the Town Council and of the Committee of the General Hospital met at the offices of the Board in Cardiff, when the proposals were fully explained. The Board decided that before expressing any opinion on the subject a survey of the proposed site should be made by their Medical Officer. Following this survey the Board informed the Town Council that so far as their sanction was required the pro- posals were not such as they could approve for the purpose of arrangements between the Town Council and the Llanelly General Hospital. Although satisfied as to the great need for the provision of maternity accommodation to serve the Borough and the Eastern part of the County, the proposals of the General Hospital were open to objections on several grounds, including the limited area of the Hospital site. A further criticism was that there was no provision for the building of a complete maternity unit with suitable accom- modation for septic and potentially septic cases. The following report on the work of the Ante-natal and Infant Welfare Centres has been prepared by Dr. Jean. C. Watson, Assistant Medical Officer of Health. There is every reason to believe that ante-natal supervision would be more effective if there was better co-operation between the Public Health Department and the midwives practising in the town. This, of course, is not practicable as long as the Town Council is refused the powers of a local supervising authority. Ante-natal Centre.—The Centre is open every Tuesday from 2.30 until 5 p.m. In 1934, 98 women who made 158 atten- dances, were seen at the Centre. The average attendance per session was 4. 36 women attended the Centre once only, some having been sent by their midwives for the purpose of consultation, or for extra nourishment, some attending for other reasons than pregnancy