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Accidents in the home received the special attention of the two Women
Health Officers who gave practical advice to old people in their own homes.
Welfare of the Elderly
Miss Doris M. Beer, A. I. S. W., M. R. I. P. H. H., resigned her appointment
as Organising Secretary of the Southwark Old People's Welfare Committee
during the year to take up a similar position in Lambeth. Her
place was taken by Mrs. L. Dean and the extracts from the twelfth annual
report of the Committee which are reproduced at the end of this report
show once again the valuable work for old people which is being undertaken
in Southwark.
In view of the continued expansion of the meals service, the overall
monthly total exceeding 10,000 meals, consideration was given by
the Council and the Old People's Welfare Committee to extending the
kitchen so that it should have a sufficient capacity for the preparation
of some 1,000 meals per day. A scheme as prepared by Consultant
Architects for the reconstruction of the kitchen with a minimum of
interference with the work of the kitchen, and the provision of certain
additional equipment, at an estimated cost of £7, 500 has been approved
by the Council and has received Ministry sanction.
Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Joseph Collier, a former Alderman
of Southwark, a Holiday Home bearing his name was opened at Stocker
Road, Bognor Regis, on the 12th October, 1963 and since that time the
Home has brought untold happiness and health to the many Southwark
old people who have spent a holiday there.
In so far as the Public Health Department is directly concerned
the work carried out at the Treatment and Bathing Centre continues to
make an important contribution to the welfare of old people residing
in Southwark, and the two women Health Officers, as well as the public
health inspectorate generally have been most active in this field and
as a result have been able to ameliorate and improve the conditions
under which some of the elderly reside, as well as bringing a new interest
to their lives.
Mortuary and Coroner's Court
As mentioned in the Annual Report for 1962 the building operations
in connection with the extension and modernisation of the Mortuary and
Coroner's Court commenced on 6th November of that year. The new premises
were brought into use in December 1963 and details of the accommodation
now available are set out at the end of this Report.
Fluoridation of Water
In the early part of the year a report was submitted to the Public
Health Committee pointing out that there is now available a wide volume