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Before the service is granted each case is visited by the lady visitor to
ascertain whether it may be dealt in accordance with Section 122 of the Public
Health (London) Act 1936, and collection and deliveries are made twice weekly.
The total number of persons receiving benefit from the scheme during the
the year was 140 (101), the total visits made were 2,152 (1,885) and the total
number of soiled articles collected and taken to Southwark Cleansing Station
20,421 (17,337) . The total weight of the laundry cleansed was 19,137 lbs.
(17,266 lbs.). The figures given in brackets are those for the year 1959.
Home Bathing Service
Notes on this scheme were set out in my Annual Report for 1959.
An increasing number of aged persons are benefiting from this service.
During the year 1791 Baths were given. This compares with a figure of 747 for the
year 1959, but it should be remembered that the scheme did not come into
operation until 4th May, 1959. Should the home bathing service continue to
expand it may be necessary to increase the number of female bathing attendants
employed on a part-time basis or alternatively to employ the existing staff
full-time.
H olidays for the elderly
The scheme to send old age pensioners to the sea for a week's holiday at
the cost of £1 each was continued during the year.
In order to participate in the scheme a person must be an old age pensioner
have lived in the Borough of Lambeth for at least three years and during the
same period must not have had a holiday.
These holidays were arranged at Margate in the Spring and Autumn, the first
period being in May and the second in September.
In the Spring 190 old people went on holiday and in the Autumn 149 making
a total of 339 for the yet" as shown in the following tables.