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Public Health (London) Act, 1936 - Section 122
Cleansing and Laundry Service
1. Incontinent Elderly Persons in the Borough.
This free service has proved to be of great benefit to those
recommended for it. Bed clothing and bed linen were collected, and
delivered to Essex Road Baths by this Department's vehicle and there
cleansed by the Department's bathing attendants in plant on hire from
the Baths and Washhouses Department.
The scheme for modernisation of the laundry service at the Treatment
Centre has been referred to on page 78.
Requests for assistance come from the North London District Nursing
Association, general practitioners hospitals, etc., and are investigated
by the Old People's Health Officers. As provided in Section 122 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936. cases dealt with are those where it is
considered that the soiled articles are filthy, dangerous or unwholesome,
and that health might be affected or endangered thereby.
Relevant statistics for the year are as follows:-
No. of recipients approved 105
No. of washings carried out 1846
No. of articles cleansed 13000
2. Holborn Borough Council.
The agreement whereby clothing and bedclothes of incontinent elderly
persons in Holborn Borough can be dealt with at the Islington laundry has
continued. This scheme commenced in December 1955. and during 1958 460
washings comprising 3412 articles were carried out on behalf of 24 reci
pients.
3. Islington Chest Clinic
An extension of the service of cleansing the clothing and bedding of
elderly persons in the Borough to include cases recommended by the Chest
Physician for Islington was approved by the Council in 1955
Relevant statistics for 1958 are as follows
No. of references by Chest Physician for Islington 1
No. of washings carried out 34
No. of articles cleansed 321
Articles are disinfected prior to washing.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1933 Section 43
Cleansing of Elderly Persons
As recorded in my last Annual Report arrangements were made in accordance
with Section 43 of the above Act for domiciliary cleansing of aged persons where
they were so enfeebled as to be unable to avail themselves of facilities at the
Treatment Centre. Details of this service for the year are as follows:-