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Obesity: 27
Gross Moderate Mild Underweight
(Over 20%) (10% - 20%) (under 10%)
15 4 8 3
Hypertension: 15 patients exhibited symptoms
3 seemed to be reasonably well controlled. 7 showed hypertensive
heart disease.
Other heart conditions: 2 seemed to have ischaemic heart disease,
1 was ? Aortic insufficiency and 1 was in cardiac insufficiency
with arrhythmia.
Lungs: No one seemed to suffer from any severe lung condition.
Locomotor Disabilities: 6 patients were suffering from severe
and 3 from a mild form of arthritis. 5 had very deformed feet.
1 had an operation for Hallux Valgus. 1 male had a mild form of
Dupuytran contraction.
Deafness: 5 patients were very deaf. Only 2 had properly working
hearing aids. 1 refused to wear an aid and 1 was referred to
hospital as in need of a hearing aid, 6 showed moderate deafness but
felt that they managed very well without help.
Anaemia: Of the 35 blood samples taken only 1 showed a mild degree
of anaemia.
Vision: No one had intact vision, they all had to wear glasses.
There were 3 suffering from cataracts, 1 from glaucoma and another
had been blind in one eye since infancy. 2 were found to have
unusual eye diseases and were under investigation at Moorfields
Hospital.
Miscellaneous conditions: 2 elderly males had inguinal hernias
and had been wearing trusses for years. They were in rather good
condition so it was not quite clear why they did not have the
operation in the first place.
Only 3 patients gave the indication of having suffered or
were suffering from anxiety neurosis and depression.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT. 1948
Section 47
For the first time since 1966 it became necessary to secure the
removal to hospital of a patient, age 89 years, not receiving adequate
care and attention at home and not being able to care for herself,
who could not be persuaded to enter hospital voluntarily.
She was admitted to St. Georges Hospital, Hornchurch, and
after receiving treatment was transferred to "The Willows" where
she has since remained as a voluntary patient.
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