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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
Chelsea 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea]
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SUMMARY OF SERVICES PROVIDED FOR AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS DURING THE YEAR 1951
| Cases | ||
|---|---|---|
| New | Old | |
| Bedding | 19 | 15 |
| Cleansing: (a) Personal | – | 1 |
| (b) Erfects | 2 | 1 |
| (c) Rooms | 2 | 1 |
| cHIROPODY | 48 | 180 |
| Clothing | 35 | 106 |
| Club FAcilitIES | 20 | 12 |
| Convalescence | – | 4 |
| Dental Treatment | – | 2 |
| dOMASTIC equipments | 15 | 17 |
| Domestic Help | 46 | 23 |
| Financial Assistance | 17 | 26 |
| Food parcel Issues | 16 | 139 |
| Furniture Issues | 7 | 25 |
| General Practitioners, Contact with | 64 | 212 |
| Hospital Treatment | 13 | 26 |
| Housing, Applications for | 1 | 12 |
| Housing Defects, Action re | 2 | 2 |
| Home Nursing | 26 | 26 |
| Holidays | 22 | 53 |
| Institutional Care through London County Council | 8 | 12 |
| Library | 19 | 5 |
| Meals, Provision of | 126 | 8,906 |
| Ophthalmic Treatment | – | 7 |
| Pensions, Main and Supplementary | 30 | 22 |
| Recreational Facilities | 22 | 141 |
| Shopping | 6 | 18 |
| Sickroom EQuipment | 10 | 21 |
| Visiting | 907 | 797 |
| TOTALS: | 1,083 | 10,812 |