[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.
- Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1934
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Surgical— Injury Knighton Rhayader Institution. Institution. M. F. T. M. F. T. 1-1 - . . Total. M. F. T. 1 - 1 Old Gunshot Wounds (septic) - - - 1 1-1 1 1 1 1 - 1 2 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 Rupture Gangrene (feet) Cancer (lip) Septic hand Ulcer (leg) Deformity of Spine —(d)l - 1 ...1-1 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 4 - 4 4 15 8 19 Mental Defectives (a)4(b)4 8 Blind : [1] One Eye - - (c)5 5 4 9 13 1-1 1-1 [2] Both Eyes 1-1 1 - 1 [a] One suffers from Rheumatism, and one from General Debility, [b] A female has Mental Disease. [c] One female has Mental Disease, and one Varicose Veins. [d] Blind. The age periods were as follows :— Disease 75 and or 20-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65~75 over. Total. Defect. MFT MET MFT MFT MFT MFTMFT MFT Medical 2 - 2 7 1 8 11 1 12 20 2 22 Surgical 3-3 -11 3-3 2-2 819 Blind 1-1 1-1 2 - 2 Mentally -11-11-11 112 235 1- 1 -2 2 4 9 13 Defective. Total 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 5 4 4 8 12 1 13 14 3 17 34 12 46 The majority are males. There are only 3 persons (females) under 45 years of age ; the large majority are aged 65 years and upwards. Nine of the 12 females are mentally deficient. ACCOMMODATION.—There was at the time of the enquiry provision for 29 sick (17 men, 12 women), in the Knighton Insti- tution, and for 11 (6 men, 5 women) in the Rhayader Institution. It was mentioned that there were a certain number of mental cases in the Mid-Wales Hospital, which Dr. Drummond, the Medical Superintendent, considered should be accommodated in Poor Law Institutions, in accordance with the instructions of the Board of Control.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28874882_0066.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
