[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Ruthin R.D.C.

  • Ruthin Town (Clwyd, Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Ruthin R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RUTHIN RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL To the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee Ruthin Rural District Council Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I have pleasure in presenting the Annual Report on the Health of the Rural District during 1952. Ruthin Rural District is a member of the Western No. 2 Health Area and 50 per cent, of my time is taken up with duties in the whole area, the other 50 per cent, by the County for duties connected with School Medical Inspection, Maternity and Child Welfare Service, Examination of Mentally and Physically Handicapped Children, Immunisation against Diphtheria and Whooping Cough and Vaccination against Smallpox, and other work delegated by the County Medical Officer of Health, e.g., examination of School canteen cooks and helpers, examination of young persons who are entering various colleges or who are entering the service of the Denbighshire County Council as clerks, etc. In February, office accommodation and clerical assistance were provided. The Office is pleasantL accommodated in a room at the County Health Clinic in Denbigh. Although Denbigh would have been the most central for the office when the area was to include the Aled Rural District, it is not the most central for the whole of the area now. This report consists of various tables, and I have reported on each of these under the appropriate heading. HOUSING The Council erected 34 houses during 1952. SEWERAGE SCHEMES Llandyrnog Joint Sewerage Disposal Scheme. The Council part of this scheme has been completed and it is expected that the Creamery part will be completed in December, 1953. This will remedy the nuisance caused by smells at the present creamery plant. Llanferres, Waen (A.berwLeeler) and Gellifor Schemes. Plans for these schemes are now going fortvard and it is hoped to carry out the work during the coming year.