[Report 1933] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1933
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    In practice these children are kept under observation for varying periods, and young boys who are particularly doubtful are sent to the Highland Moors Sanatorium for a course of general hygienic treatment under medical super- vision, from which they derive great benefit. During the year full use has been made of institutional facilities for treat- ment, both for in-patients and out-patients. The usual routine at the clinics has included Von Pirquet tests in the case of children, courses of tuberculin injections for cases of genito-urinary tuber- culosis, aspiration of abscesses, V^assermann tests, and paracentesis thoracis in certain domiciliary cases. Pensioners.—The number of pensioners attending the Clinic continues to decrease owing to the fact that many have died, some have left the district, and others are quiescent or cured and require no treatment from the Association. General and Socialogical.—During the past year there seems to have been no noticeable improvement in the economic and industrial conditions in the Western Valleys of Monmouthshire. There is still widespread unemployment, and thousands of piersons are receiving unemployment pay or parish relief. The prevailing financial stringency is marked by an ever-increasing demand on the part of the patients for help in the payment of fares and provision of the necessary outfit of clothing required for admission to hospital or sanatorium; of these, some are referred to the Public Assistance Authorities and others are helped by the Association. The amount of domiciliary work has increased and continues to do so. This is partly due to the following up of old patients by the Area Sister, and partly due to the practice of examining contacts in their homes. By these means much useful information is obtained as the home conditions and the general standard of living of the affected families, and many opportunities are taken for giving useful advice as to hygienic and health matters generally, with special regard to the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis in the home. This aspect of the work has been greatly strengthened by the course of lectures given in the schools by Mrs. D. Lea Banner, as part of the educational campaign of the Association. These lectures are of the utmost value, inasmuch as they familiarise young people with the laws of health, and teach them to avoid, as far as may be, the dangers of tuberculosis. Surgical After-care Work.—There have been twelve special clinics for surgical patients during the year at which the total number of attendances was 225.
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