[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council.
- Denbighshire (Wales). County Council. no2004062613.
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Poor Law Medical Relief. For this purpose the County is divided into 19 ai'eas, each area heint^' under the charge of a part-time Medical ()fficer who, with the exception of two. also acts as Thildic Vaccinator. Dur- ing the year there has been close co-operation between the Countv Medical Officer and the District Medical Officers. There are two Public Assistance Institutions in the County, t'lroesnewydd Hospital, Wrexham, Public Assistance Hospital, Ruthin. Both hospitals take in chronic and acute cases, but owing to lack of suitable accommodation, it has been found impossible to pro])erly classify the patients. Thus it has been necessary to admit iMalernity cases into the general ward. Patients with delirium have to be placed with other patients who require quietness. The pro^■ision of suitable accommodation for the pur- pose of classifying and separating both chronic and acute cases is an urgent matter. INSTITUTIONAL CARE FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES. The County has two Institutions (Ruthin Public Assistance and Coed Du), certified by the Board of Control for the recep- tion of Mental Defectives dealt with under the IMental Deficiency Acts. Coed Du Institution is situated in Flintshire and has accommodation for 72 female defectives, while Ruthin Public Assistance Institution has accommodation for 18 male certified Mental Defectives and 1 female. Both Institutions are full to capacit}-, and the question of further accommodation for the pur- pf)Se of proper classification and for admission of new cases has become an urgent matter. THE MENT.AL DEFICIENCY REGULA'lTONS. 19,15. Dated 5th June, 1935. (Paragraj>h 12). Report required by the Board of Control under the above Regulations for the year ended .Mst December, 1937:—](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28840720_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
