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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
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 in this way during the year is shown in the following table:-
Name of Home
Owning
Borough
Resident on
1.1.68
Admitted
Discharged
Remaining on
31.12.68
Women
Men
Total
Women
Men
Total
Women
Men
Total
Women
Men
Total
Fitzjohn's Avenue
Camden
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
Somerville Hastings House
Camden
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
Hillside
Islington
1
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
Southern Grove Lodge
Tower Hamlets
_
2
2
-
-
-
—
1
1
-
1
1
Ladywell Lodge
Lewisham
—
11
11
-
-
-
-
7
7
-
4
4
Newington Lodge
Southwark
2
-
2
-
_
—
2
—
2
-
_
—
Brocklebank
Wandsworth
2
6
8
-
-
-
2
3
5
—
3
3
Ashmead
Wandsworth
—
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-
_
1
1
-
-
-
-
1
1
Saxoncroft
Lambeth
2
1
3
-
-
-
2
1
3
-
-
—
White Chester
Hammersmith
1
—
1
-
-
-
-
—
—
1
—
1
Whitby Dene
Hillingdon
1
—
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
Moorcroft
Hillingdon
-
-
—
1
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
1
Western House
Hertfordshire
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
Kenwolde
Westminster
-
_
-
1
_
1
-
_
_
1
-
1
The Leys
Barnet
-
_
-
1
_
1
-
-
-
1
_
1
Thomas Taylor Homes
Northumberland
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
1
TOTAL
11
22
33
4
1
5
6
13
19
9
10
19
The comparatively large numbers of men accommodated during the previous year was due to the lack of beds for elderly
infirm men in the Borough. The opening of a new ward at King's Mead for 30 infirm men has resulted in the reduction in
the number of applications for admission to such homes.