[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C.
- Rhyl (Wales). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1955
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH For the Year 1955. Mr. Chairman, Miss Brookes, Gentlemen, 1 beg to submit for your consideration my Annual Report for 1955. The report follows the form laid down in Circular 17/55 Wales. All Essential Services have been maintained and have functioned satisfactorily during the year. Infectious Disease cases numbered 148 for the year. This total was largely coni])osed of 38 cases of measles and 52 cases of whooping cough. Nine cases of poliomyelitis were notified during the year. None of these resulted in any l^aralysis and it is quite a possibility that the majority of them were not true poliomyelitis. It is to be regretted that so much alarm and anxiety is engendered by poliomyelitis, the true fact is that tuberculosis, road traffic accidents, house accidents and other hazards take a much greater toll of human life yet engender far less fear. Constant repetition wears away a stone, and that is my reason for once more referring to the plight of the aged and infirm. There are some facilities for the chronic sick and County Council Homes for the relatively ht aged, but the finding of accommodation for the aged i)erson who requires some medical attention but not hospitalisation in its accepted sense, is a heartbreaking task. This jiroblem is national and widely known in this country. 4'he situation will not be solved by ignoring its existence. 1955 saw yet another visit to Rhyl by the Mass Radio- graphy Unit of the Welsh Regional Board, when two thousand five hundred and thirty nine people availed them- selves of the facilities offered. Nffi frank cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were detected, but nineteen people were found to require further observation for the same disease. Seventy- three other persons were found to have some abnormality of the chest. The great majority of these were already aware](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2887609x_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
