[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.
- Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1942
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Maternal Mortality. No maternal Deaths occurred in the County during the year 1942. Maternity and Child Welfare. Midwives Act, >936. The scheme is working satisfactorily. The District Nursing Associations are anxious to help and co-operate with the County Health Department in the work. Hospital Provision for Mothers and Chiktren. Two beds aro reserved in the Maternity Ward of tho Llandrindod Wells Hospital for the treatment of complicated midwifery cases, or cases in which the home condrtions ar unsatisfactory. Knighton Public Assistance Institution has a well equipped maternity ward. During the year 34 cases (18 for the Urban A reas and 16 from the Rural Areas) were admitted to tho Llandrindod Wells Hospital. Particulars of cases sent in Unsuitable Home Conditions Prolonged Labour . _ , . > Malpresentation (Persistant Occipito Poster] a( Adherent Placenta Contracted Pelvis . (4 of these had Caesarian bection performed) Albuminurea Toxemia Fibroid and P.P.H. ' Malformation (Hydrocaephalic) Albuminurea with A.P.H. . . All these cases’were discharged from Hospital in a sat- isfactory condition. During the year 4 cases were admitted to the Knighton Public Assistance Institution. Health Visiting. There are no full-time Health Visitors in the Coupty the work being carried out by the District Nuis°. , t)|(. full there are 22. Their work is closely supervised by t time County and Deputy County Nursing Supermtendon • 19. 19 1 1 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28874961_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
