[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Flintshire County Council.

  • Flintshire (Wales). County Council. no2003052036.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Flintshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MILK—Pasteurised or other approved milk was supplied to school children in the County at '/ad. per one-third pint—free of charge to those whose parents were unable to pay this amount. Since the ]6th August, 1946, however, such milk has been supplied by the Education Committee free of charge to all children attending schools maintained by the Authority. The quality of this milk is supervised by the School Medical Officer, who frequently takes samples for bacteriological examination. The general milk supply is supervised in the County by the Local Sanitary Authorities, whose officers periodically visit and report upon the milk shops, dairies, etc., and the work of eliminating tuberculosis from the milk pro- duced in the County is carried out by the resident Inspector of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. OBSTETRIC DIFFICULTIES—As mentioned in the early pages of this Report, the services of Mr. J. Gardiner Wigley, of Chester, are available to Flintshire patients requiring expert treatment under this head. ORTHOPAEDICS—Provision exists for the orthopaedic treatment of in- fants aged under five years who are suffering from crippling defects. Similar arrangements, conducted by the Education Comjnittee, exist on behalf of children of school age, and persons aged over sixteen years are likewise provided for by the voluntary body known as the Flintshire Orthopaedic Voluntary Organisation. OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM—Every case notified is referred to the Authority’s Supervisor of Midwives who immediately visits to ensure that efficient treatment is made available to the infant. When medical treatment is domiciliary unavailable or inadequate, the child concerned is admitted to the Royal Infirmary Chester—usually under voluntary arrangements but at the expense of the County Council if the parents cannot privately afford the Infirmary’s fees. . The issue to the Midwives of a prophylatic drug for use in preventing the onset of this disease is still continued. OUTBOARDED CHILDREN—Arrangements have now been made for the special supervision (by the Council’s Nurses) of all the Flintshire children who have been outbo<arded with foster parents by the Education Committee and also those outboarded by the Public Assistance Committee. The Nurses pay domiciliary visits and report periodically on each child to the School Medical Officer. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE—For the purpose of administering this form of relief the County is divided into four Districts (Hawarden, Holywell, Overton and St. Asaph) each under its “ Guardians Committee ” and having its own medical staff. Of these medical officers, none is, at present, engaged in such work in a whole-time capacity.
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