[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1961
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    The findings are in all cases reported to the patients’ General Medical Practitioners. A special session is held at the Ystradgynlais Clinic on. the 4th Tuesday of each month, for collecting blood specimens. Liaison Committee. During 1960, local maternity liaison committees were set up by the Executive Health Council and the Local Health Authority Medical Staff. The first of such Committees met at Ystradgynlais on the 19th May, 1960, and this was followed by meetings at Crick- howell, Hay-on-Wye and Builth Wells. A Local Maternity meeting is also convened by the Brecon- shire and Radnorshire Hospital Management Committee’s Con- sultant Obstetric Surgeon, Mr. M. Maliphant, from time to time. In my Annual Health Report for the year 1960 I mentioned the intention of extending the Ante-Natal Services in the County by the introduction of an Ante-Natal Clinic Session at Builth Wells. I am pleased to report this year that this extension was executed and an Ante-Natal Clinic Session is now held at the Builth Wells Clinic on the 2nd Monday of each' month. The Personal Maternity Card which I introduced into the County of Breconshire in 1960 is still being used by the General ’Medical Practitioners, Local Authority’s M'edical' Officers and Midwives. Record cards are issued from my Department on request. Towards the end of 1961 a meeting which was convened by the Group Secretary of the Glantawe Hospital Management Committee was informed that the Welsh Hospital Board had asked Hospital Management Committees to take all necessary steps to reorganise Maternity Liaison Committees in their areas. Thus came into being the Maternity Liaison Committee for this area, upon which will be found representatives of the Hospital and Specialist Services. Local Health Authorities, and the Local Medical Committees of Swansea, Glamorgan, Carmarthen- shire and Breconshire. Mr. Vvvvan Davies was nominated as the Chairman. Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants, and Homeless Children in the District— Arrangements are made with the Swansea and Brecon Moral Welfare Association to parry out this work in return for grant P?™’ Health Authority being responsible for the maintenance of the mother for approximately one month before the confine- ment and for a period of 14 days after birth. Maintenance after is date becmes the responsibility of the Welfare Committee. A grant of £100 p.a. is also given to the Association. During the year arrangements were made for the accom- modation of one mother at St. Martin’s, Hereford.