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RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION
The number of persons in residential accommodation at 31st December,
1968 was as follows:-
Council accommodation
458
Other local authority homes
19
Voluntary homes
193
Total
697
The Council maintain four residential homes for aged and infirm
persons under Section 21(1)(a) of the National Assistance Act, 1948.
One of the homes is outside the Borough boundary. The total number
of beds is allocated as follows:-
Dale Mead 55 men and women
Ellesmere 116 " " "
King's Mead 317 " " "
5, Holland Park 31 women
Total 519
During the year the number of beds at Ellesmere was reduced by
six to make provision for resident quarters for the second Assistant
Matron, and at Dale Mead the number of beds was reduced by one to make
provision for a medical room.
There were 283 new admissions and 158 discharges from the Council's
homes during 1968. In the same period, 128 persons died in the homes.
Vacancies are held for short-term admissions to hospitals, residents who
are away on holiday, and for major redecoration programmes. The total
number of re-admissions from hospital was 82 and discharges to hospital
amounted to 125.
Age Analysis at 31st December, 1968. (Where figures are shown in
brackets they relate to the previous year and are included for
comparison.)
Home
Total
King's
Mead
Ellesmere
Dale
Mead
No. 5
Holland Park
Under 30 years
Male
1
-
-
-
1
Female
-
-
-
-
-
30 - 49 years
Male
1
-
-
-
1
Female
-
-
-
-
-
50 - 64 years
Male
4
3
-
7
Female
6
1
-
2
9
65 - 74 years
Male
36
7
2
-
45
Female
52
15
5
6
78
75 - 84 years
Male
23
13
9
-
45
Female
100
37
26
9
172
85 years and over
Male
5
6
2
-
13
Female
69
25
10
10
114
TOTALS: Male
70
29
13
-
112
Female
227
78
41
27
373
Average Age
78.4
79.8
80.6
80
79 .7
(Average Age 31.12.67)
(81.5)
(80)
(81.2)
(81)
(80. 9)