[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Apart from any assistance as above the treatment of V.D. has been transferred to the Regional Hospital Board. There are no treatment centres in the County and patients attend at Swan- sea . Genera] Hospital, Hereford General Hospital, Newport, Royal Inhnnary, Cardiff Royal Infirmary and Mardy Hospital, Merthyr During the year the following cases were known to be treated: — 1. Number of persons dealt with for the first time and found to be suffering from— Swansea Gen. Hosp. Syphilis ... Nil Soft Chancre ... Nil Gonorrhoea ... Nil Conditions other than venereal Nil 2. Total number of attendances of all patients residing in the area—Swansea, 27. Treatment under provision of Ministry of Health Circular 2226. At doctors’ surgeries:— Other Svphilis. Gonorrhoea Conditions. M. F. M. F. M. F. Cases seen for first time — 1 No. discharged after — — — — treatment ... 1 — Total attendances ... 1 7 — — Syphilis. No. of specimens sent to a pathological laboratory 3 No information has been received from the other hospitals as to the number of persons dealt with, etc. 12. DOMESTIC HELP. Probably no service has been the cause of more controversy than this one, which is the most expensive service run by the Health Department. Help is given in cases of confinement, general illness (including tuberculosis) and chronic sick on a doctor’s certificate and a visit from the Superintendent Nursing Officer acting as Domestic Help Supervisor. All domestic helps are employed on a part-time basis and are paid on a hourly rate in respect of the work undertaken. At the end of 1952 the number of part-time domestic helps on the roll was 79 and the number of cases helped was 134. Their supervision is undertaken by the Superintendent Nursing Officer, who used to visit each case personally to decide on the number of