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Number of applicants refusing or unable to
accept the holiday offered for the reasons
given.
(a) Date offered being too early or too late 86
(b) Private reasons 106
(c) Illness 61
(d) Death 21
Number of applicants not offered a holiday for
the reasons given.
(а) Removed from Borough 2
(б) Died 5
(c) Refused by Selection Committee 1
Of the 591 guests accommodated as shown above, 116 were
having their first holiday at the Home.
The Home was again open for a week at Christmas and a
further sixteen guests (the maximum which can be catered for) were
selected from forty-six applicants for this period.
National Assistance Acts.—It was found necessary to apply to
the Court for one compulsory removal order during the year. The
patient (a man aged 76 years) was removed to a local general
hospital and subsequently admitted to a mental institution.
Home Bathing and Laundry Service.—Five hundred and
sixty-nine (601) baths were given at home to forty-two persons
during the year and the number of cases being dealt with at the end
of the year by the laundry service was nine (10). Thirty-one (29)
people received help from the laundry service during the year.
General.—At the end of the year there were 135 (145) names
on the register of old people maintained in the Department for
regular visiting. In addition 135 other old people were visited but it
was not found necessary to put them on the register. The female
visitors made 1,575 (1,211) visits, and the male inspectors 50 (30)
visits to old people during the year.