[Report 1933] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1933
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    control of the sale of “ Grade A ” milk, in connection with which samples are likewise examined periodically. The laboratory carries out bacteriological and chemical examinations of drinking water and there has been a marked increase in such examinations in 1933 as compared with the year 1932. Of the autopsies, ten were performed on miners who had died directly as the result of Silicosis of the lungs, and who had been employed for long periods on hard ground boring—5 occurred at Blackwood, I at Argoed, 3 at New Tredegar, and one at Ebbw Vale. Two showed evidence of Tuberculosis. The question of Silicosis continues to engage the earnest attention of the Govern- ment Mines Department, the Colliery Owners, and the Miners’ Organisations, who are doing their utmost to introduce safeguarding devices (such as special respirators, dust traps, etc.), with a view to protecting their workmen and so mitigating as far as possible the evil consequences of working on ground con- taining a high percentage of Silica. Of the II9.tissues for section, 31 are grouped as malignant growths, 22 were cancers of various regions of the body, such as breast, uterus, intestine, skin, etc., and 9 were sarcomas. Under the heading “ Miscellaneous ” are Included specimens of: — Blood for Urea Estimations. Faeces. Secretions from eye. Blood Cultures. Blood for Sugar content. Vomits and Gastric contents. Blood for Grouping. Van den Bergh test, etc., etc. 216 experiments were carried out on animals under 39 and 40 vie. Cap. 77, Certificate Al, licence for which has been granted to me by the Home Secre- tary. 182 inoculations were performed for the detection of B. Tuberculosis; and 34 for Virulence Tests for Diphtheria, identification of organisms, etc., and were reported to the Home Secretary on the 31st December, 1933. HOSPITALS. Full details of the Hospital Services, Public and Voluntary, has already been given in the Survey Report for 1930. No change of any note has taken place since that year, but minor alterations and increased accommodation has been effected in certain of the Hospitals,
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