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Ancillary to this service is the loan of mackintoshes and a
limited number of sheets and draw sheets are also available for
urgent needs. Both this and the Bathing Service are worked in
closest co-operation with the District Nurses.
There are two laundry centres. At the Tunnel Avenue Centre
the staff combine the duties of bathing with treatment of incontinent
laundry whereas the White Hart Road Centre is in operation for
the laundry service only.
Tunnel White Hart
Avenue Road
Number of articles laundered 52,253 65,333
Home Cleansing Service
Not infrequently the rooms of elderly people deteriorate into
a muddled dirty state and the task of cleaning up becomes too complex
for the relations or home helps. In such cases, having first
gained the consent of relations or persons concerned, a team consisting
of two bath attendants with transport, supervised by a Public
Health Officer and equipped with the necessary protective clothing
and apparatus, deal with the offending conditions and remove the
accumulated rubbish. After such operations the home help can
then carry out her normal duties.
Cleansing Services Effected
From Plumstead Bathing Centre 24
From Tunnel Avenue Bathing Centre 9
Miscellaneous—Treatment of scabies and the cleansing of
verminous persons are also duties falling to the staff of the bathing
centres.
Chiropody Service—In January, 1965, domiciliary chiropody
for the Woolwich area was the responsibility of the Woolwich
Council of Social Service but in Greenwich it was a function falling
within the purview of Old People's Welfare. A weekly session was
held at Tunnel Avenue Bathing Centre for this purpose and those
patients unable to walk were conveyed by minibus. In addition, a
weekly session was allocated for domiciliary treatment. Subsequent
to 1st April, 1965, however, all domiciliary chiropody became the
responsibility of the Greenwich Council of Social Service and the
session at Tunnel Avenue is now operating as part of the normal
statutory services.
Tunnel Avenue—Sessions: 36; Persons Treated: 237.
Council of Social Service—Treatments: 1,534.