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nursing staff.
Home Help Service (National Health Service Act, 1946, Section 29, as
amended by the Health Services and Public Health Act, 1968),
Section 13 of the 1968 Act imposes on local health authorities a duty
to provide, or arrange to provide, a home help service adequate for the
needs of their area. It replaces the existing permissive power to provide
this service in Section 29 of the National Health Service Act, 1946. The
Section specifically includes persons handicapped by past injury or congenital
deformity amongst those who may qualify for assistance from the
home help service. In addition, the Section confers on local health authorities
a new general power to provide, or arrange for the provision of,
laundry facilities for households where home help is being, or may be,
provided. In the light of the present economic situation, it has been
decided to defer for the present bringing this Section into force; during
the period of deferment Section 29 of the 1946 Act remains in force.
Authorities will be notified of the date of implementation of this Section
in due course.
The demands upon this service, without which many of the other nursing
and welfare services would be unable to provide a supportive service,
continue to increase. There is still difficulty in recruiting applicants
whose home commitments make it possible for their services to be available
in the early morning and evening. The difficult circumstances in which
some of the home helps have to work makes recruitment difficult especially
in an area where more congenial employment is freely available-
During the year, 2761 persons were provided with domestic help,
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Vaccination and Immunisation (National Health Service Act, 1946, Section
167) "
The following tables show details of the numbers of persons protected
against, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, smallpox, poliomyelitis,
and measles during 1968:-

Given by Borough Medical Officers - 6430 (General Practioners - 1911)
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