Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Table C. Other Local Authority Homes. Section 21(1)(4) National Assistance Act. 1948. If suitable accommodation is not available from the borough's resources, or a resident seeks accommodation in a particular home or district belonging to another local authority, co-operation between the borough and other local authorities secures residential care for the applicant. The number of persons assisted this way during the year was as follows:-
Name of Home | Owning borough | Resident on 1.1.66 | Admitted | Discharged | Remaining on 31.12.66 | ||||||||
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Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | ||
Fitzjohn Avenue | Camden | 1 | - | 1 | l | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Somerville Hastings House | Camden | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Hillside | Islington | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
Southern Grove | Tower Hamlets | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
Lansbury Lodge | Tower Hamlets | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - . | 1 | 1 |
Ladywell Lodge | Lewisham | 1 | 19 | 20 | - | 18 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 20 | - | 18 | 18 |
Newington Lodge | Southwark | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
Brockle Bank | Wandsworth | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 |
St. Ann's, Redhill | Sutton | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Saxoncroft | Lambeth | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Yew Tree Lodge | Wandsworth | - | — | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | — | 1 | — | 1 |
TOTAL | 7 | 26 | 33 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 7 | 24 | 31 |
The comparatively large numbers of men accommodated was owing to the lack of infirm beds for elderly males
in the borough.