[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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    Number of children immunised during the year 1951. Primary Re- District Immunisation Totals inforcing 1 Under 5 5—14 Dose Brecon Urban 90 11 101 101 Brynmawr Urban 66 1 67 12 Builth Urban 35 3 38 12 Hay Urban 19 5 24 52 Llanwrtyd Urban 11 3 14 3 Brecon Rural 55 12 67 24 Builth Rural 20 4 24 8 Crickhowell Rural 16 57 103 46 Hay Rural 28 4 32 83 Vaynor and Ponderyn Rural 53 7 60 44 Ystradgynlais Rural 81 49 130 74 Totals, 1951 5C4 156 660 459 Totals, 1950 481 320 801 705 Section 27—Ambulance Services.—This Service continues, as given in detail in my report for 1948, as follows:—St. John Ambulance Stations are established at Brecon, Builth, Crick howell, and Hay, and from 1st April, 1950, also at Brynmawr. In addition, the County Council has taken over the Ystradgynlais Ambulance Association with two ambulances and two whole- time drivers. The Ambulance arrangements remain as follows:— 1. Bi’econ Ambulance. — Two ambulances to cover Brecon Borough and the whole of the Brecon Rural District. 2. Builth Ambulance — To cover Builth Urban, Llanwrtyd Urban, and Builth Rural District, with the exception of the parish of Llanwrthwl at the very North of the County. This ambulance will also, by arrangement with Radnorshire, in emergency cases only, continue to cover as heretofore a small area of that County adjoining Builth Urban, viz., the Parishes of Llanelwedd, Llansantffraed-in-Elvel, Aberedw, Bettws Disserth, Rhulen, Llanbadarn-y-garreg, Llanfaredd, and Cregrina, Glascwm and Colva. Radnorshire on their part will cover for us the three Breconshire Parishes of Llysdinam, Llanfihangel-Brynpabuan, and Llanwrthwl in the north of the County by their ambulance from Llandrin- dod Wells. 4. Hay Ambulance. — To cover Hay Urban and Hay Rural Districts, together with the Radnorshire District of Pains- castle Rural and villages of Newchurch and Michaelchurch- on-Arrow.