[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C.

  • Rhyl (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENTLEMEN, TO THE CHA.IEMALT AND MEMBERS OF THE RHYL URBAN PIS RICT COUNCIL. r\ '■ - 1 Y In presenting my twenty-second Annual Report, which. includes months of tho war with all it’s momentous happenings, which are effecting'thn_-lLves of everry one of us in a way that will make us more useful and ready to he. another in this great C isis in which’we are all engaged against the Totalitarian System, because Hitler’s aim is to destroy man, roman and child. That is why, to my mind, everything becomes secondary to winning the war. T is is an interim report and follows the form required by the Ministry of Health (Circular 1961 and 2067 Wales). I append herewith comparative statistics relating to the various health services in the district, which show that the local authority is alert and active in carrying,out its various duties. ISOLATION HOSPITAL. The work at the Isolation H'spital is satisfactory. The rule that all patients, in whom there is any doubt about the notification, are placed in the Observation Block until such time as the notification is verified•before being removed to the appropriate xvard for their particular case, is to prevent, as far as possible, cross infection. Fourteen cases of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis were received, some gravely ill with the classical symptons nuchal rigidity, intense headache, vomitting and inability to swallow, all made an excellent recovery. The remaining six were Clinically Meningitis, tiro Pneumococcal, one of which died in 26 hours and the other in 3 hours after admission. Four in whom '■•he meningococcus was not found, probably from treatment before admission, made complete recovery as did all the cases of Scarlet Fever oases) and Diphtheria (20 cases), except 2, one boy ill seven to eight days and a woman very ill 5 days only; confined 14 days previously. In order to help we have admitted cases of Measles (6 cases), Chicken Pox and one Dysentry, all have done well. HOUSING. T e Housing question have now, as in previous years, become more and Eiore important, as I have so often stressed in these reports considerable progress has been made but a great deal remains to be done to meet the needs of this growing town. The Health Department has met the present situation with commendable efficiency in all its branches. RHYL SEWERAGE. ; • • . . •.!*■* -• . 1 . How flooding of the lower- parts of the town is being met end prevented. A new Sewerage Reservoir has been erected with a holding capacity of -L million gallons. Two of the small gas engine driven, pumps have been removed and 1 Aro new gas engine driven pumps have been erected in their place, which increase the mping capacity at the Pumping Station by 8,000 gallons per minute. A new 30” by- pass has been constructed from the Sewer, in.Westbournc A-enue into the Pump well and this new oy-pass together with the extra pumping capacity has reduced flooding in the lower regions of the town to a minimum. • ■ • ’ , • ‘ ‘ /P.T.0.