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Bexley 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: The Working Party in recommending a trebling of the service in the first year advised that this should be done selectively in view of the unequal supply position of the existing service. The following distribution was suggested:—

The Working Party in recommending a trebling of the service in the first year advised that this should be done selectively in view of the unequal supply position of the existing service. The following distribution was suggested:—

DistrictExisting Number of PersonsExtra Number of PersonsTotal Number of PersonsWeekly Number of Meals
Sidcup105Nil105420
Bexley9248140560
Erith6535100400
Crayford582280320
Totals3201054251,700

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This arrangement took into account the poor service in the Welling area and the known
number of old persons requiring meals in that vicinity.
On the use of frozen meals the Working Party agreed with the earlier report that they had
much to offer in the future, but enquiries also revealed that frozen meals, like orthodox meals,
would have to be plated individually before delivery because single pre-packed deep frozen meals
were no longer available.
The existing Borough meals' potential seemed to be sufficient for the first two or three years
of the expansion and at this stage there did not appear to be any cost benefits in favour of frozen
meals.
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