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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Each of the three offices is staffed by a home help organiser, with assistants, and
clerical staff, and details of the service provided are given below:-
Table 27
| Office | At end of December, 1965 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of households receiving service | No. of home helps | ||
| Whole-time | Part-time | ||
| Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road, S.E.14 | 662 | 1 | 108 |
| 41, Rushey Green, S.E.6 | 1,553 | 5 | 310 |
| 266, Kirkdale, Sydenham, S.E.26 | 757 | 171 | |
| 2,952 | 8 | 589 (Wholetime eqvlt. 329.5) | |
The case load for the Rushey Green Office is considered to be too large for convenient
administration and the provision of a fourth office to relieve the pressure
has been agreed in principle. Suitable premises are being sought for this purpose.
Alternative premises are also being sought for the Sydenham office which is badly
sited for the area it has to serve and is unsatisfactory.
The recruitment of sufficient home helps continues to be difficult at times and the
turn-over remains appreciable, the average for the three offices over the year being
over 20%.
At the end of the year arrangements were initiated for a series of talks to groups
of home helps on the work of the Health and other departments of the Council,
and the first of these talks is to be given in January, 1966.
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