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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| Conference or Course | Dates | Attended by |
|---|---|---|
| London Council of Social Service Meeting of Standing Conference for Old People's Welfare (Greater London) at Cora Hotel, W.C. 1. on "Future of Old People's Welfare in London" | 17th November | Councillor L. Ross Medical Officer of Health |
| Royal Society of Health Meeting at Olympia, W.14 on Danger Men at Work" | 19th November | Mr. H. Plinston |
| Association of Public Health Inspectors, Meeting of Combined Centres, Commonwealth Society, Assembly Hall, Northumberland Avenue, W.C.2 | 26th November | Councillor H. W. F. Ford |
| Central Council for Health Education, Health Education Officers' Study Day at Tavistock House, W.C.1 | 27th November | Senior Food and Drugs Inspector and Public Health Inspector |
| Coal Utilization Council, Course at Tottenham Technical College on "Design and Fixing of Approved Appliances under Clean Air Act" | Five day course spread over five weeks in November & December | Technical Assistant |
SERVICES FOR ELDERLY PERSONS
Various services for elderly persons are provided both directly by the Council
through the Public Health Department and indirectly by voluntary organisations. The
Borough Council continued to give financial assistance to the Islington Old People's
Welfare Council and the Women's Voluntary Service under the provisions of Section 31
of the National Assistance Act, 1948, which authorises local authorities to make
contributions to the funds of voluntary organisations, whose activities include the
provision of recreation or meals for old people.
As mentioned in previous Reports, the Borough, largely through the Public Health
Department, effects liaison with voluntary organisations as well as other statutory
authorities, assisting old people in one form or another. In the voluntary sphere,
acknowledgments are again due to Miss D.E. Church, the Honorary Secretary, and the
members of the Islington Old People's Welfare Council and to Mrs. E. MacGregor, M.B.E.,
Centre Organiser of the Women's Voluntary Service and her colleagues.
Visiting of Elderly Persons
The greater part of the organised and systematic visiting of elderly persons is
carried out by members of the Public Health Department, who visit for the purposes of
the Public Health, L.C.C. (General Powers) and National Assistance Acts. The Elderly
Persons Register maintained in the Department comprised, at the end of the year, a
total of 3,881 persons over 65 years of age.
The Department's Visitors called on 631 new cases during the year and re-visits
totalled 4,623. They made 4,397 references during the year to persons or organisations