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Laundry Services
The laundry service for incontinent persons †most of them elderly) was provided
throughout the year from the Treatment Centre at Seven Sisters Road. During the year
3,529 collections of laundry were made (involving 39,196 articles). The service was
being provided to about 160 persons at the end of the year.
The Finsbury Laundry Service for Elderly Chronic Sick was continued throughout
the year. As instructed by the Council, no new cases were added to this service, and
the number of recipients fell from 65 at the commencement of the year, to 44 at the
end of the year. 2,303 parcels of laundry were collected during the twelve months
under review.
Bathing Facilities
The services provided from the Treatment Centre, Seven Sisters Road and from
the Finsbury Health Centre continued throughout the year.
4,404 baths were carried out in the homes of elderly persons under the
Domiciliary Service.
1,611 baths were given to persons attending the two centres, the department's
ambulance being used to assist those unable to travel on their own.
Task Force
A local office of Task Force, (an organisation set up to encourage and foster
voluntary effort among the younger citizens), opened their Islington office in
September 1965.
Twenty-four cases were referred to them by the Aged and Infirm Section of the
Health Department during the remainder of the year.
I should like to place on record my sincere thanks for the sterling work that
is being undertaken by this organisation and I know that I am also speaking for the
elderly people of the Borough when I say that it is very much appreciated.
Islington Crematorium
The Medical Referees certified a total of 829 applications for cremation at the
Council's Crematorium, East Finchley.