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Councillor Arthur E. White, J.P., Mayor of Islington, opened Islington's third
Health Advisory Circle at Blythe Mansions, Highcroft Road, on Wednesday, 27th
September.
Laundry Services
The laundry service for incontinent persons (most of them elderly) was provided from
the Treatment Centre at Seven Sisters Road. During the year 3,995 collections of laundry were
made (involving 37,270 articles). The service was being provided to about 155 persons at the
end of the year.
The Pinsbury 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 31 at the commencement of the year, to 25 at the end of the year. 996
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.
4,471 baths were carried out in the homes of elderly persons under the Domiciliary
Service.
1,642 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
The local office of Task Force (an organisation set up to encourage and foster voluntary
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