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This combined personal, clothing and bedding hygiene service should prove a most
useful and helpful addition to the amenities provided for the physically handicapped
elderly persons in the Borough.
Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 122
Cleansing and Laundry Service
During the year, the Council agreed to extend the laundry service for incontinent
elderly persons to articles sent by the Home for Confirmed Invalids and the Aged Pilgrims'
Friend Society, in addition to appropriate cases referred by the Holborn Borough Council.
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 the above Section of the Act, 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 -
Islington residents -
No. of recipients approved ... . . 1ll
No. of washings carried out. ... ... ... 2,073
No. of articles cleansed ... ... ... 21,573
Home for Confirmed Invalids, Highbury Terrace
The Public Health Committee, on 1st June, 1959, approved
service for the Home for Confirmed Invalids at a cost of
7&d. per lb. (subject to a minimum of 12 lbs. at 7s. 6d )
This commenced on 13th July, and up to the end of the year
the weight of laundry dealt with was 19 cwts. 2 ptrs 17 lbs.
Aged Pilgrims' Friend Society Home, Hazellville Road
Recommendations are received from the Matron for inmates of the
nursing home wing who are incontinent. Operation commenced on
19th October and up to the end of the year 3 cwts. 3 qtrs 21/2 lbs.
of laundry were dealt with.
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 1955, and during the current
year 445 washings, comprising 3758 articles were carried out on
behalf of 33 recipients.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1933, Section 43
Cleansing of Elderly Persons
Elderly persons cleansed by the Department's nursing staff and bathing attendants
numbered 1,846. Visits were made to the homes of recipients in 1,234 cases, and 612 baths
were given at the Treatment Centre, almost nil of the persons concerned being conveyed in
the Department's sitting-case ambulance. This work is under the supervision of the Nursein-Charge
at the Treatment Centre.