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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Homes—Admissions and Discharges
| Resident at 1st Jan., 1966 | Admissions | Discharges | Resident at 31st December, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Families | Men | Women | Children | Persons | Families | Men | Women | Children | Persons | Families | Men | Women | Children | Persons | Families | Men | Women | Children | Persons |
| 'Summercourt' | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 127 | 84 | 129 | 295 | 508 | 128 | 83 | 130 | 292 | 505 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 158a Plumstead High Street | |||||||||||||||||||
| 62 | 47 | 62 | 190 | 299 | 93 | 73 | 94 | 233 | 400 | 88 | 69 | 89 | 220 | 378 | 67 | 51 | 67 | 203 | 321 |
| 32 Charlton Road* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 |
| * Opened in October | |||||||||||||||||||
Families Rehoused
| Families | Men | Women | Children | Persons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Greater London Council | 27 | 19 | 28 | 80 | 127 |
| By London Borough of Greenwich | 51 | 36 | 52 | 117 | 205 |
| By other Local Authorities | — | — | — | — | — |
| Found own accommodation | 37 | 17 | 37 | 65 | 119 |
| Left for other reasons | 10 | 19 | 11 | 53 | 83 |
| 125 | 91 | 128 | 315 | 534 |
Unsupported Mothers and Babies
Because of financial and planning difficulties, no progress was
made toward the provision of a mother and baby hostel, but this
project will materialise when other more urgent plans have been
fulfilled. Meanwhile the Department gave financial help to 36 young,
unmarried mothers at the request of the local Moral Welfare Workers
who in their turn placed the girls in various mother and baby homes.
(See also page 116).
DOMICILIARY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
FOR THE HANDICAPPED
Prior to the 1939/45 war, welfare work depended largely upon
voluntary agencies but, on the cessation of hostilities, there was an
almost universal demand for public accountability in this field.
Since the introduction of legislation in the 1946 and 1948 Acts
which gave powers to local authorities to make arrangements for
promoting the welfare of the elderly and those physically handicapped
including the blind and deaf, there has been full or almost full
employment for all but very small sections of the community.
Young people are healthier, they are given better educational