London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| (9) Employment | The Organiser Old People's Welfare Committee, 15, Park Place Villas, W.2. |
| (10) Library Books | Delivery and collection arranged for the housebound by the Librarian, Porchester Road Library, W.2. |
At the end of the year there were 243 (135) names on the register
of old people maintained in the Department for regular visiting.
In addition 177 (135) other old people were visited but it was not
found necessary to put them on the register. The female visitors
made 2,635 (1,575) visits, and the male inspectors 15 (50) visits to
old DeoDle durine the vear.
| Number of applications received | 971 |
| Number of guests accommodated | 601 |
| Number of applicants refusing or unable to accept the holiday offer for the reasons given. | |
| (a) Date offered being too early or too late | 93 |
| (b) Private reasons | 88 |
| (c) Illness | 72 |
| (d) Death | 9 |
| Number of applicants not offered a holiday for the reasons given: | |
| (a) Removed from Borough | 2 |
| (b) Died | 9 |
| (c) Refused by Selection Committee | 4 |
| (d) Single rooms not available | 13 |
| (e) Dates required not available | 4 |
| (f) Unfit | 5 |
| (g) Priority not reached | 71 |
Of the 601 guests accommodated as shown above 256 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 sixty-two applicants for this period.
National Assistance Acts.—It was not found necessary to apply
to the Court for a compulsory removal order during the year.
Home Bathing and Laundry Service.—Six hundred and ninetyfour
(569) baths were given at home to fifty-six (42) persons during
the year and the number of cases being dealt with at the end of the
year by the laundry service was fifteen (9). Thirty-six (31) people
received help from the laundry service during the year.
PUBLIC SWIMMING BATHS.—The following details have been
supplied by the Manager, Baths and Hall, as a result of the request
of the Minister of Health that information about the public swimming