[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Death liate of infants under one year of age: — All infants per 1,000 live births ... ••• 66.10 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births ... 64.07 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births... 142.85 Deaths from Measles (all ages) ... ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) .... ... 2 ,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) ... 4 No causes of sickness or invalidity have been specially note- worthy during the year, with the exception of influenza, which was very prevalent in the early months of 1933, and measles which was epidemic in autumn and winter. The chief means of estimating whether unemployment has exercised any ill-effect on the general population is best ascertained by the medical inspec- tion of children in the schools. The examination of school children, although revealing a small increase in malnutrition, does not show that they have been materially affected. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES. Nursing in the Home.—The Llanelly and District Nursing Association undertake general nursing, but only in the case' of subscribers. The home nursing of infectious disease is not undertaken. This Association works independently of the Local Authority. The Goring Road Nursing Home has accommodation for medical, surgical, and maternity patients. The Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927, is administered by the County Council. Midwives.—Midwives intending to practise in the County, including' those practising in the Borough, are required to notify their intention of doing so to the County Council, the Local Supervising Authority under the Midwives Acts. The midwives who practise in the Borough are not required to state that their practice is solely confined to, or is chiefly in the Borough.