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"PART III" ACCOMMODATION
A local authority is required, under Section 21 of the National
Assistance Act, 1948, to provide-
(a) residential accommodation for persons who by reason of age,
infirmity or any other circumstances are in need of care and
attention which is not available to them; and
(b) temporary accomodation for persons who are in urgent need
thereof, being need arising in circumstances which could not
reasonably have been foreseen, or in such other circumstances
as the authority may in any particular case determine.
Two institutions - "King's Mead", Dovehouse Street, and 367, Fulham
Road-are maintained by the London County Council in the Borough as
"Part III" accommodation, and they are, in this particular respect, "the
local authority".
It was considered essential to arrange for the reception of 18
persons in such accommodation during 1954, and in all cases admissions
were made at "King's Mead". Recourse to legal action was, happily, only
necessary in one instance to enforce removal as indicated in Section 47
of the Act, as amended by the National Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1951.
However, in a number of cases, transfers were only effected after
considerable persuasion.
The London County Council assumes responsibility for the safe custody
of the belongings of persons accommodated, thus removing any grounds for
anxiety. Reasonable notice is always given to the County authorities of
impending removals.