Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1960 page 18

Bermondsey 1960

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1960

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Table: Table III—Isolation

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Table III—Isolation

	Male			Female
Age	Total in age group	Living alone	No next of kin	Total in age group	Living alone	No next of kin
50—60	27	11	1	70	25	2
61—65	58	8	1	253	75	7
66—70	219	36	2	520	175	11
71—75	300	52	7	621	250	14
76—80	259	75	7	544	266	12
81—90	169	58	6	411	224	13
91+	12	4	1	27	14	–
Total	1,044	244	25	2,446	1,029	59

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It is pleasing to note that the number living alone who have no
next of kin is comparatively small.
Table IV—Utilisation of Welfare Services
Throughout the year an average of 90 meals a day has been
supplied to elderly, homebound people by the Meals on Wheels
Service. Approximately 42 old people per week have been bathed,
either in their own homes or at the Disinfecting Station, and an
average of 60 old people per week have had bedding and personal
clothing cleansed by the Laundry Service. The persons availing
themselves of these services are often in need for only short periods;
they are, therefore, ever-changing, and it would be of little value
to show them in age groups.

Table: Table IV—Utilisation of Welfare Services

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Table IV—Utilisation of Welfare Services

	Male		Female
Age	Home Help	Dist. Nurse	Home Help	Dist. Nurse
50—60	7	–	7	8
61—65	2	–	11	1
66—70	12	4	35	10
71—75	20	3	61	11
76—80	31	8	114	19
81—90	44	5	138	27
91 +	4	–	11	2
Total	120	20	377	78

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These figures denote that females require the service of nurses
and home helps more than do males and that, roughly, one in seven
of the cases recorded utilise the home help service.
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Bermondsey 1960

Table: Table III—Isolation

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Table: Table IV—Utilisation of Welfare Services

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