Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Services provided for Aged Persons
Laundry. For incontinent persons only. Applications to the Medical
Officer of Health, 98a, Avenue Road, N.W.3. HAM 7171.
Meals. Delivered twice weekly by British Red Cross Society and
Women's Voluntary Services.
Dinner Clubs. These are held at -
St. Stephen's Church Hall, Pond Street, N. W. 3, on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, 12 noon.
Health Institute, 107 Kingsgate Road, N. W. 6. on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, 12 noon.
Library. Books provided by the Borough Council are delivered
fortnightly to homebound old people. A member of the library staff
accompanies the van,
Holidays. Arranged by the Hampstead Old People's Welfare Association.
Chiropody Service. Weekly sessions are held in N.W.6 and N.W.3.
The Rotary Club of Hampstead provide transport to the clinic for
those too frail to travel, Patients who are unable to attend the
clinic even by car, are visited and treated in their own homes.
Appointments for treatment are made on application to the
Hampstead Old People's Welfare Association.
Baths. Old Age Pensioners are allowed to use the slipper baths at
the Central Baths, Finchley Road, and the Branch Baths at Flask
Walk and Palmerston Road, free of charge at any time.
Homes. Information obtainable from the Medical Officer of Health,
98a, Avenue Road, N. W. 3 , the Hampstead Old People's Welfare
Association, 107 Kingsgate Road, N.W.6 , or the Old People's
Homes Committee, 296 Vauxhall Bridge Road, S.W.1. VIC 9977.
Workshops for the Elderly, 107 Kingsgate Road, N.W.6. Organised
by the Hampstead Old People's Welfare Association,