[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Llandrindod Wells U.D.C.

  • Llandrindod Wells (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Llandrindod Wells U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3. Health Services The following services, .are. carried out by the Radnorshire County Council under the National Health Service Act, 1946 and Mental Health Act, 1959. The County Qouric.il....services...are. efficiently and. well organised. . (i) Maternity and Child Welfare. ( ii).... .Clinics.. (iii) Dental care for expectant mothers and nursing mothers and young children together with School Dental Services. (iv) Midwives Service, delegated to the Radnorshire County Nursing Association. (v) Health Visiting delegated to the Radnorshire County Nursing Association, (vi) Vaccination and immunisation of children under five and of school age is carried out by Registered Medical -Practitioners of the parents' choice or by the County Medical Officer. (The vaccination of adults is carried out by Registered Medical Practitioners.) (vii) Ambulance Service . (viii) Prevention of illness, Care and After Care of persons suffering from tuberculosis, mental illness or defectiveness and other types of illness is organised under the aegis of the County Health Committee. (ix) Domiciliary Health Services. (x) Home nursing delegated to the Radnorshire County Nursing Association. (xi) Health Education is carried out by the Radnorshire County Council, (xii) Mental Health. (xiii) Chiropody Service. (xiv) Arrangements''Tor fluoridation of public water supplies. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA The water supply undertakers for the district are the Radnorshire and North Breconshire Water Board. The purification and clarification of the water, as taken from the River Ithon, - Quality was not always satisfactory due to river conditions and lack of settling tanks - Quantity was sufficient. The only way of providing clear water from river sources is to settle with..alum then filter. As we are going on to the Birmingham water supply one hopes this matter will be improved. A notification from the Engineer Manager of the Water board dated the 27th November, 1968 indicated that 22 samples had been analysed and were bacteriologically satisfactory. No action was necessary by the Health Authority in connection with any form of contamination. Analysts report on sample taken in August, 1968 is detailed in.Table 3* Statistics in respect of the Water Supply are detailed below:- Population supplied from public water mains in Urban District 3^5 Estimated population not supplied from public water mains 15 Number of dwelling houses or flats supplied direct into premises 1280 Number of dwelling houses and farms supplied by means of stand pipes Nil Estimated population supplied by stand pipes Nil Number of premises (farms) with own piped supplies 6 Number of premises (farms) with no piped supplies Nil