[Report 1928] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1928
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    Regarding the Isolation Hosspital of the Ebbw Vale Uibtui District Council, It has been decided on account of its condition to make arrangements for the isolation of infectious cases elsewhere. A (2) Small Pox. In the early mouths of 1928, owing to a continuation of the severe epidemic of Small Pox which became prevalent in the County in 1927, it was necessary for the County Council to continue to utilise the Isolation Hospitals which were taken over from certain of the Local Authorities for the isolation of Small Pox cases. The Beeches Isolation Hospital, Abersychan, the wards of which were erected and equipped by the County Council, was in use to its fullest extent during the year. The Isolation Hospitals of the Abergavenny, Abertillery, Bedwellty and Chepstow Districts, together with the Beeches Hospital gave a total accommodation of 191 beds and 5 cotS in Isolation Hospitals within the County for the treatment of Small Pox cases. ^ However, owing to an abatement in the epidemic later in the year, it was possible to discontinue the use of the Hospitals at Abergavenny, Abertillery, Bedwellty and Chepstow, which naturally resulted in a welcome reduction in the administrative costs. It was, however, found necessary to make use of the accommodation afforded by the Cardiff and Newport Corporations when the accommodation at The Beeches Hospital became inadequate. It is intended to increase the accoininodatiou at The Beeches Hospital, and arrangements are being made for the transfer of the Huts and Chalets which were erected by the County Council at the Abergavenny and Chepstow Hospitals. The equipment provided for these buildings is also being transferred. When the arrangements are completed, it is hoped that. sufficient accommodation will be available at The Beeches for the isolation of all cases of Small Pox from within the County. B (1) Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis cases, both pulmonary and surgical, are treated at the Institu- tions of the Welsh National Memorial Association, the early cases for sanatoria being dealt with at the Llang-wythan Sanatorium, North Wales, and the Talgarth Sanatorium, South Wales, while surgical tuberculosis cases are deti.lt with at the Gian Ely Hospital, Cardiff, St. Brides Hospital, Pembrokeshire, and at the surgical block of the Llangwythan Sanatorium, North Wales. Tlie hospital cases are treated in the first instance at the Cefn Mably Hospital and at other hospitals of the Memorial Association as occasion arises.
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