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the extent of £5,528.68 were sold from the Council's Health Centres
and included the following items:—
National Dried Milk
Cod Liver Oil
Vitamin "A" and "D" Tablets
Concentrated Orange Juice
Sales of additional proprietary foods at special prices and in
the manufacturer's "welfare" packs were running at a rate of
approximately £17,000 per annum.
Registration of Nursing Homes
In accordance with Part VI of the Public Health Act, 1936,
Part III of the Mental Health Act, 1959, and the Nursing Homes
Act, 1963, registration and inspection of nursing homes is a responsibility
of the local health authority.
As in the previous year and under existing legislation there is
only one nursing home registered within the Borough providing
accommodation for 19 persons as under and this was visited
regularly by a Medical Officer and Public Health Inspector.
Number of Beds
Nursing Home Mental Maternity Others
Lady Edith Marsh Nursing Home,
14 St. German's Place, S.E.3 — — 19
Chiropody Services
A reorganisation has enabled available staff and equipment to be
utilised to much greater advantage and, as a result, clinical
chiropody in the Borough has seen attendances rise by 11.5% to
34,980 and the number of new patients by 21.7% to 901.
A summary of the 1970 Report of the Council's Chief Chiropodist,
Mr. K. Reeve, is given below:—
With a preponderance of aged persons availing themselves of
the service, there has been a tendency to regard all treatment as
palliative. This is not so. Nevertheless, it is undoubtedly true of
the more severely disabled among our case-loads for treatment
forms a very necessary part of our attempts to prolong their
mobility, a factor which plays such an important social role in their
lives. It enables contacts and communications to be maintained
beyond the confines of the home, the significance of which cannot
be over emphasised when the overall well-being of a patient is
being considered.