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SPECIAL HOUSING CASES
During the year 31 families were referred to the Department for
special consideration for housing accommodation on medical grounds.
All the families were visited and after consideration of the reports
received from the inspector visiting the home and the medical certificates
or letters submitted with the applications, twelve of the families
were recommended to the Housing Committee as being in need of
more suitable accommodation in view of the medical condition of one
or more members of the family. By the end of the year six of these
cases had been given Council accommodation and one had found
more suitable accommodation privately.
The great problem facing the Department now is the increasing
number of cases of elderly and infirmed persons being referred for
Council old persons' dwellings or ground floor flats. Quite frequently
it is found that their existing accommodation is excellent but for the
fact that it is situated on the first floor. Those who are arthritic or
have heart trouble are thus frequently confined to their rooms as
the effect required to descend and return up some twenty or more
stairs or steps is often beyond them.
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