[Report 1928] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Act provides for the exemption of certain hospitals and institutions, but this exemption shall only remain in force for one year from the date on which it was granted. One exemption has been granted during 1928, this being in respect of the Monmouth Hospital, Monmouth. The County Medical Officer has the power to inspect all Nursing Homes. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. Samples of foodsituffs, including milk, butter, margarine, etc., are sent to Mr. G. Rudd Thompson, F.I.C., Dock Street, Newport, who is tlie Public Analyst appointed for the County. BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. Facilities are offered to all medical practitioners in the County for bacterio- logical examinations at the County Laboratory, and the services of the Pathologist and Bacteriologist are available for assistance which may be required in the diagnosis of disease. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. WATER SUPPLY. With the annual rainfall above the average, complaints of shortage of water received were very few. The work at the Grwyne Fawr Reservoir is now completed except for the dismantlement of the 11 miles of railway which is in progress between the works and Llanvihangel Station. • The reservoir, which is situated in the heart of the Black Mountains of Breconshire, now presents a strange contrast to the busy scene of a year or two back, when over 400 men were employed. The navvy villag'e, two miles lower down the valley, is practically deserted, the school, hospital, police station and canteen having been pulled down and only a few .scattered buildings i-emain. The filling of the Reservoir was commenced in February, 1928, and by March 31st, 160,000,000 gallons of water were impounded. A severe drought then set in, which continued until the following October. The above quantity of water however, although less than half the capacity of the resemmir, ensured an ample supply for the Board’s district, and at the end of tlm drought no less than 60,000,000 gallons was still in store. It was exceedingly foidunate for the inhab- itants of the Western Valleys that the filling of the Reservoir was commenced in time to avert what would undoubtedly have been a .severe water famine during the summer months, a situation which was experienced in other districts in a less fortunate position.
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