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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 7
From Tunnel Avenue Bathing Centre 7
From Lionel Road Bathing Centre 2
Chiropody Services
Weekly chiropody sessions, under the control of the Council's
Chief Chiropodist, are held at Tunnel Avenue Bathing Centre for
patients who, unable to walk, need the Centre's services and are
conveyed there by minibus.
In addition, a domiciliary chiropody scheme for Borough residents
is operated by the Greenwich Council for Social Service and
full consultation with the department's geriatric branch ensures the
treatment of priority cases.
Tunnel Avenue—Sessions: 51; Persons Treated: 261.
Council of Social Service—Treatments: 2,993.
Mobile Meals
In planning the development of the Mobile Meals Service it is
the intention of the Council that the provision of such meals should
be restricted to those necessitous Old People who are unable to
attend a Lunch Club. Although each application is carefully
considered to ensure that there is a genuine need, and existing cases
are reviewed from time to time to ascertain that the service is still
essential, there has been a continued growth in the demand for
mobile meals and a total of 17 vehicles are now operating.
As an economy measure, meals are delivered in metal foil
containers and, during the year, these totalled 158,862, an increase
of almost 5% over the figure for 1968. Persons receiving Mobile
Meals at the end of 1969 numbered 680. The charge for each meal
was the same as that made at Lunch Clubs, i.e. 1s. 1d.