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PHARMACY & POISONS ACT, 1933
There are 61 names of persons on the Council's list of Sellers of
Part II Poisons, in connection with which 102 inspections were made.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT
Compulsory Removals
Action was taken under the National Assistance (Amendment) Act,
1951, for the compulsory removal to hospital of an aged person in need
of care and attention.
Burial of the Dead
During the year the Council arranged for 22 burials under Section
50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, at a cost of £243.2s.6d. A
total of £l24.17s.4d. was recovered from the effects of the deceased
persons.
WELFARE OF THE AGED
The following is an extract from the Annual Report of Miss D.
Beer, A.I.S.W., Organising Secretary of the Southwark Old People's
Welfare Committee:-
"We present the Ninth Annual Report for the Southwark Old People's
Welfare Committee for the year 1959/1960 and in doing so we would like
to express our gratitude to the Borough Council for its valuable
support and for the generous grants which it has made to us during the
past year; to the Mayor for his support and encouragement, and to all
those, both young and old, who have given donations and practical help
to the aged in so many different ways.
The Southwark Old People's Welfare, in dealing with the problem
of the aged, seeks to secure to the full extent such degree of normality
of life as is possible to old people within the limits of their physical
and mental capacity. A great deal can be done in this direction when
once the measure of handicap is understood. Loneliness is one of the
most dreaded accompaniments of old age. Old friends die, relatives
move to other parts of the country and the old people find that they
are becoming more and more left by themselves. It is difficult, perhaps,
to find new friends and the easiest course is to stay at home, and to
live in the past. This can lead to a degree of unhappiness that is