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Ilford 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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A full-time Organiser controls the service under the general direction
of the Area Medical Officer.
The following is a summary of the cases dealt with in 1951:—
Number of applications received for assistance 1,387
Number of cases where Domestic Helps were provided
(including 336 who were having service at the commencement
of the year) 1,291
Number of cases which on investigation were either not
eligible for assistance or did not require the service 173
Number of cases referred to other sources, e.g., W.V.S.,
I.S.S.C. 16
Cases booked but subsequently cancelled 123
Number of cases where, at the end of the year, a domestic
help was booked to attend in future months (maternity
cases) 77
Other cases awaiting help at end of year 20
Enquiries incomplete at end of year 13
Cases being served at 31st December, 1951 337
Convalescent Facilities.—The following tables show the number of
persons sent away for convalescence during 1951, and the number of cases
in which the Invalid Children's Aid Association arranged the placing of
children in suitable convalescent homes.
(a)
| Name of Home | No. of weeks' stay | Remarks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Children's Convalescent Home, Beaconsfield. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | Arranged by Westminster Hospital. | |
| Mrs. Eades Home, Bognor Regis. | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | Arranged by I.C.A.A. |
| Fairby Grange, Dartford. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Mother with infant. |
| Harts Leap, Sandhurst, Surrey. | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 3 arranged by Great Ormond Street Hospital, 1 arranged by Wanstead Hospital. |
| Manor House, Burgh Castle, Gt. Yarmouth. | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | Arranged by I.C.A.A. |
| Zachary Merton Home, Grayshott. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Arranged through Jewish Board of Guardians. |
| Milton Lodge, Bognor Regis. | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | Arranged by I.C.A.A. and one by Gt. Ormond St. Hospital. |
| St. Gabriels, Bournemouth. | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Arranged by I.C.A.A. | |
| St. Mary's, Broadstairs | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | Arranged by I.C.A.A. |
| Westcott House, Bexhill. | - | - | - | — | 1 | — | - | Arranged by Gt. Ormond Street Hospital. |
| Totals | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | One mother with infant, 14 unaccompanied children. |