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Services for Incontinent Persons
1971 1972
Persons receiving service at end of year 10 12
Items washed 3370 3730
Under Section 13 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 arrangements have been
made for the linen of incontinent persons to be laundered free of charge. A twice weekly collection
and delivery service is operated by Corporation transport and payment is made to the London
Borough of Tower Hamlets for carrying out the laundering on behalf of the Corporation.
The service is of great value not only to the incontinent patient, but also to the caring
members of the family.
Yellow Fever Vaccination
The Corporation continued to supply yellow fever vaccine to the designated centre at Unilever
House. As the Corporation is also the Port Health Authority for the Port of London arrangements
have also been made for distribution to two Shipping Federation Medical Centres. During the year
2370 (3255) doses of vaccine were distributed.

V.D. Contact Tracing
The Principal Health and Welfare Officer is responsible for the follow up of possible contacts
of known cases within the City.
Requests received for assistance in 1971 1972
follow up:
City Cases 1 NIL
Non City Cases 2 4
At the end of the year arrangements were made for a Health and Welfare Officer to participate
in the work of contact tracing in the Special Clinic at St. Bartholomews' Hospital, and to spend
two sessions at the clinic each week.
The Health and Welfare Officer attended a short training course prior to commencing her
duties and a one week induction course arranged by the Consultant Physician.
It is perhaps too early to assess the value of this new field of work but it has already shown
some measure of effect in the procedures of contact tracing and also in the greater problem of
follow-up of clinic defaulters. An average of ten patients are seen at each session and the role
is developing into what best can be described as that of a counsellor and health educator.