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Laundry Service for Aged Incontinent
The arrangements made with Southwark Borough Council for carrying out
this service continued during the year.
The total number of persons receiving benefit from the scheme during the
year was 161 (146). The total visits made were 3,087 (2,758) and the total
number of soiled articles collected and taken to Southwark Cleansing Station was
37,516 (28,412). The total weight of the laundry cleansed was 28,092 lbs
(24,953 lbs). The figures given in brackets are those for the year 1962.
Home Bathing Service
An increasing number of aged persons are benefiting from this service and
during the year 2,728 baths were given. This is an increase of 328 over the
figure for 1962.
Old Peopie's Kolidays, 1963.
During four successive weeks in May and two weeks in September, 1963
parties of old folk were taken to Brighton by coach for a week's holiday under
the Council's holiday scheme.
Some of these parties were seen off by His Worship The Mayor, the Mayoress
and Chairman of the Public Health Committee.
Letters of appreciation received and verbal expressions of thanks on their
return from holiday and at the reunion held in December confirm that the old
folk had a very enjoyable holiday.
An extra coach outing for all parties was arranged by Rutland Tours Ltd.,
in addition to the outing and theatre trip officially arranged, and this, of course,
added to the enjoyment of the old folk.
The tables set out below show the age groups, and parliamentary divisions
of participants in the Spring and Autumn holidays.