[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1960
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    liaison Committees. During the year local maternity liaison committees were set up by the Executive Health Council and the Local Health Authority Medical Stall. The first of sucli Committees met at Ystradgyulais on the 10th May, I960, and this was followed by meetings at Crick- howeli, Hay-on-Wye, and Builtli Wells. A Local Maternity meeting is also convened by the .Brecon- shire and Kadnorshire Hospital Management Committee’s Con- sultant Obstetric Surgeon, Mr. M. Maliphant, from time to time. As a result of such meeting it is proposed to extend the Ante-Natal Services of the Local Health Authority and Builth Wells will have one Ante-Natal Session per month, starting in 1961. At the first meeting at Ystradgyulais the question of a “Personal Maternity Card’’ was discussed and it was suggested that these should be provided. Such a card has been printed and brought into use. A copy of the card is given to the ex- pectant mother by the doctor or midwife at the first visit, and she is told to produce this card when visiting either a hospital, doctor or midwife subsequently. The card is folded and fitted into a stout envelope for protection. Another outcome of the meetings is that General Medical Practitioners have agreed to notify midwives of the pregnancies of their patients so that early ante-natal care can be given. 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 carry out this work in return for grant paid, the 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 this date becomes 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. Family Planning Clinics. The Family Planning Association commenced holding Family Planning Clinics at two of the Breconshire County Council Clinics, on the 7th October, 1960. These Clinics are staffed by voluntary workers and patients can he referred direct to the appropriate clinic. Prior appoint- ments need not be made at present.