London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Ealing 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO. of new cases dealt with during the year | 78 | 70 | 56 | 67 | 83 | 69 |
| No. of cases remaining at end of year | 47 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 34 |
| No, of cases that died | 26 | 48 | 35 | 31 | 48 | 30 |
| No. of cases removed to hospital | 28 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 30 | 22 |
| No, of cases where other arrangements were made | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | |
| Total number of articles dealt with | 36,755 | 44,466 | 36,723 | 59,004 | 48,847 | 34,727 |
| Total number of collections | 3,086 | 3,333 | 2,766 | 4,822 | 2,954 | 3,058 |
| Average number of articles per collection | 11.9 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 16.5 | 11.0 |
HOLIDAYS FOR OLD PEOPLE,
The Women's Voluntary Service and the Greenford
Philanthropic Society, with the aid of grants from the
Borough Council, again arranged for elderly people to
have a holiday by the sea.
The Women's Voluntary Service took 240 to Bexhillon-Sea,
and the Greenford Philanthropic Society's party,
consisting of 48 disabled and blind people, went to
Ramsgate. This annual holiday is something to which many
old people look forward and is of great mental benefit to
them.
DAY CLUB FOR OLD PEOPLE,
An interesting project was proposed by the Women's
Voluntary Service during the year in the provision of a
Day Club for Old People and the Borough Council offered a
site off the Greenford Road for the establishment of a
Club. This building, it is hoped, will house the central
kitchen for the Women's Voluntary Service "Meals on
Wheels" service, a hall where the old people can have
meals and hold social activities, such as whist drives,
and a Club room. It seems likely that a grant towards the
erection of the building will be given by the King George
VI Foundation Committee and the Borough Council have
approved the idea in principle.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948,
Section 47.
This section provides for the removal to a suitable
hospital or other place of persons who: