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Chelsea 1930
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1930
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five years, the number of applications received for Home Help service
the number of cases attended, the amount of assessment on cases attended
and the nett expenditure by the Council for this service:—
TABLE No. 22.
| Year. | No. of applications for services of Home Help, including extension over the usual period of 2 weeks. | Total number of cases attended by the Home Helps. | Amount of Assessment on cases attended. | Nett Cost to Council | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | ||||||
| 1926 | 37 | 16 plus 1 extension | 20 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 5 |
| 1927 | 27 | 18 plus 5 extensions | 25 | 14 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 10 |
| 1928 | 22 | 9 plus 1 extension | 12 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 |
| 1929 | 28 | 17 plus 1 extension | 23 | 16 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 |
| 1930 | 29 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 0 |
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE.
The work of a Sanitary Authority has no direct relation to this service
but wherever co-operation is possible such assistance is freely rendered
by the Public Health Department. It is mainly in cases of advanced
tuberculosis, without relatives and under treatment in hospitals and
institutions, that arrangements are necessary in connection with payment
of benefits under the Health Insurance Acts. These arrangement
are made by the Tuberculosis Care Committee and the staff of the Tuberculosis
Dispensary, in conjunction with the appropriate officials
the Health Insurance Service.
POOR LAW RELIEF IN THE BOROUGH.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Apted, Clerk to the Public Assistance
Committee, I am able to give below the figures as to the average daily
number of persons chargeable to the London County Council during
past two years.
TABLE No. 23.
| 1929 | 1930 | |
| Average daily number of persons who received medical relief only | 81 | |
| Average daily number of persons who received relief (indoor and outdoor) | 1386 | 1238 |