[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Figures of cases of home visits paid and cases attended are given below: — 1. Number of Nurses employed at end of year: — (a) Whole-time ... 2 (b) Part-time (County) ... 28 ,, ,, (Border) ... 4 2. Equivalent of whole-time service devoted to Home Nursing ... 9 3. Number of visits paid by Home Nurses ... 34762 4. Number of cases attended by Home Nurses... 1928 Section 26—Vaccination and Immunisation.— (a) Vaccination— Vaccination can be carried out by the family doctors at their surgeries at the request of the parents, and practitioners who have expressed a wish to undertake this work, are supplied with lymph free of charge, on request to the appropriate Public Health Laboratory, and record cards are supplied from the Health Department on which to enter the necessary particulars, these cards being for statistical purposes. Vaccination is free of charge to the patient. Figures of children vaccinated (or re-vaccinated) in 1951. Age at 31st Dec., 1951 i.e,, born in years ... Under 1 1951 1 (1950) 2 to 4 1947 to 1949 5 to 14 1937 to 1946 15 or over (before 1936) Total Number Vaccinated 75 89 13 18 20 215 Number Re-Vaccinated 1 ... 8 60 69 (b) Diphtheria Immunisation. — Diphtheria Immunisation work is being carried out quite satisfactorily at the various Infant Welfare Centres, on school premises and clinics, and from the figures obtainable to the end of the year, there is no doubt that the scheme is working most efficiently. In addition children are immunised by private practitioners at their surgeries, and record cards are provided by the Health Department. Com- pleted records are returned for statistical purposes.