[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.
- Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1951
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A weekly clinic is held by the Chest Physician at the Llandrindod Wells Hospital. 198 new patients were examined of whom 14 were found to be Tuberculous. Veneieal Disease. There is no clinic or centre for the treatment of Venerea] Disease in the County. ‘Such cases are dealt with bj^ arrangement with the Herefordshire County Council and the Salop County Council at their clinics at Hereford and Shrewsbury. The low incidence of Venereal Disease in the County is reflected in the small number of cases attending at the Treatment Centres given below : Hereford. M F Syphilis—Cases 1 1 Attendances 2 1 Gonorrhoea—Cases — — ' ^ Attendances —■ —■ Non-Veneroal—Cases 1 —■ Attendances 2 — Poliomyelitis. There were no cases of acute Poliomyelitis in the County during the year. Cancer. Thirty-eight patients died of cancer during the year, giving a mortality rate (per 1,000 of the population) of P9. Inspection and Supervision of Food. Mr. R. W. Price reports as follows : The present Inspector of Weights and Measures took up his duties at the end of the first quarter of the year, and in consequence the sampling of food under the Food and Drugs Act did not commence until 1st April, 1951. The total of samples taken for analysis during the remaining nine months was 307, of which 204 were samples of milk. Of the milk samples, 170 were found to have a fat and non-fatty solid content which was above the required mini- mum, while a further 15 samples which were found to be slightly sub-standard were nevertheless reported by the Public Analyst to be genuine. • The deficiences in these cases were mainly in fat content, and wore of the order of 5% or less. 36 Shrewsbury, M F 2 3 34 91](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28875059_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
