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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| Voluntary Establishments | 1st Jan., 1967 | Admitted | Discharged | 31st Dec., 1967 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Homes | No. of Residents | No. of Homes | No. of Residents | |||
| Aged | 21 | 27 | 6 | 4* | 21 | 29 |
| Blind | 8 | 9 | — | — | 8 | 9 |
| Epileptics | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Physically Handicapped | 15 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 21 |
| Deaf and Dumb | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 49 | 65 | 8 | 50 | 68 | |
* Including 1 Death
Other Local Authority Homes The following residents are being maintained in the Homes of other local authorities:
| 1st Jan., 1967 Nos.in Residence | 31st Dec., 1967 Nos. in Residence | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Admitted | Died | Dischaiged or transferred | Males | Females | Total |
| 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 |
Homeless Families
Compared with the previous year, the number of families
seeking help from the department on account of hopelessness
showed little reduction. Families provided with shelter during
1967 was 113, a decrease of 11.
Alterations, similar to those carried out in the S.E. Block during
1966, were completed to the Annexe at 158A Plumstead High
Street during the year thus providing private (although not selfcontained)
accommodation for a further nine families making a
total of 31 in all now able to enjoy their own private kitchens
and toilet facilities.
Our special unit at 32 Charlton Road, opened in October, 1966,
for the training and rehabilitation of "problem" families is proving
to be an extremely useful and highly successful social instrument.
At these four self-contained flats/maisonettes, with the assistance
of social workers, these families who need more than the usual
amount of support are enabled to overcome the social problems
which contributed to their hopelessness.