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Miscellaneous Matters.
Conferences.
The Council were officially represented at the undermentioned
Conferences dealing with matters within the purview of the Public
Health Department.
Conference
Central Council for Health
Education, London—23rd
January.
Royal Society of Health,
Eastbourne—28th April to
2nd May.
Fifth Commonwealth Chest
Conference of the National
Association for the Prevention
of Tuberculosis,
London—1st to 4th July.
Association of Public Health
Inspectors, Blackpool—
16th to 19th September.
National Society for Clean
Air, Llandudno—1st to
3rd October.
Delegates.
Alderman Mrs. A. M. Smith.
Cllr. Miss E. A. Coles, J.P.,
the Medical Officer of Health.
Cllr. Mrs. E. A. Cooper, J.P.
Cllr. Miss E. A. Coles, J.P.,
and the Chief Public Health
Inspector.
Cllr. Mrs. E. A. Cooper, J.P.,
and Mr. I. R. Lewis, Factories
and Workshops Inspector.
Care of the Aged.
There has been an increased amount of work throughout the past
year. The aim of the Department has been to anticipate needs, and to
provide elderly people with adequate facilities in their own homes in
an attempt to prevent or retard the onset of serious deterioration in
health. A great deal can be done to help the aged in this way. Prorper
diet, companionship and hygiene are of prime importance.
Several flats have been specially converted by the Council for the
use of the elderly, and have been adapted to meet their particular
requirements.
The Department has maintained close co-operation and good
relations with general practitioners, hospitals, and the services who
visit and help the aged at home. In the past year, the Health Committee
has been asked to approve provisionally the compulsory removal of
two old people under the National Assistance Acts. Happily, no action
was necessary in either of these cases.
Use of Slipper Baths by Old Age Pensioners.
The Council make available to old age pensioners free use of the
slipper baths at their Baths Establishments (with use of a towel) on
production of their pension books. This facility has also been extended
to blind persons.