[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.
- Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1963
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TO TEE CHAIRMEN ATP MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND THE WELFARE SERVICES COMMITTEE For- the first time my reports as County Medical Officer of Health, and as Principal School Medical Officer, are hound togethero Like my report of last 5rear as County Medical Officer of Health they are reproduced by the Off-set Lithographic method The efficiency of any health service can only be satisfactorily evaluated by the examination of statistics and the Medical Officer of Health of a very small authority is always at a disadvantage in this respect as small numbers lead to widely fluctuating vital statistics0 In 1963 only one child under 1 year of age died, giving an Infant Mortality Rate of 3°7® More significant is the five yearly rate (1959-63) which is 20olo This is a very satisfactory figure o The Peri-natal year when compared w: 3 2 o 3 * ;ality Rate of 10o9 was so low tms r -7 h the five yearly rate for 1959-63 of Again there we re happi. deaths in with childbirtho VR. ear±y rare m this i county associated i 3 U G > * For th< lung cancer, and The fresh air of cigarette smokero time no aeatns p .no. lumber of .mar -y tuberculosis occurred in Radnorshire, but five p the countrysi ribed srson s ucn ciscitins snows nn u.p -v a O uslLs i' u 6.U KJ p v-> ' iron rend * is no protection of the time of th Problems of mental health occupy an increasing propo staff of the health department0 Apart a very part-time Social Worker based on the Mid-Wales Hospi whose help has been invaluable in difficult cases, we have I would assert, nowever, r ^rained menua 1 neaich worke*’c>o _l o x l* , x , our service for mentally disordered persons is valuable ana as good as can be provided in view of our peculiar problems low density population What we may claim is that no men disordered person in Radnorshire is left unsupported0 Our Health Visitors have had rtion from tal, no hat is. of tally but they have ail spent years in ^x disease and in dealing with human problem aring for peo] - ^ -Lei ^ +■ V i-i.NDci._x. - 1 me s s and One good feature of the very small author: is that hui.ian problems me rarely overlooked0 ; mean a personal approach by all members of the Medical Officers of Health of a Local Health A', example, know personally all • his area, as is possible here ty such as ours mall numbers Few O u \d _ o A- V r\ i +■ 1 ie mentally subnormal persons Our services therefore, alt 1 or in ncu: 10](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28875175_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
