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go into hospital or other accommodation voluntarily.
In dealing with the problem the co-operation of Mr. R. R. Holland, the Area
Welfare Officer, has been greatly appreciated.
There is, however, a need for the power and the facility to cleanse the home of
an old person who is admitted temporarily to a hospital or institution.
For example, an old lady lives happily on her own with a large number of cats,
and her home becomes dirty. If she is admitted to hospital there would appear to be
an opportunity to clean the house for her return, but under present legislation this
cannot easily be done.
Many of these cases, although in need of attention, do not come within the
provision of Section 83 of the Public Health Act of 1936, or the scope of the Home
Help Service.
There is also an occasional need for the services of an organisation willing to
carry out this unpleasant work, and to "spring clean" these homes when such an
opportunity occurs.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948.
SECTION 50 - PUBLIC BURIALS.
Under Section 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, the Borough Council is
required to arrange for the burial or cremation of any person who has died or been
found dead in their area if in such cases it appears to the Council that no suitable
arrangements for the disposal of the body have been or are being made.
During the year two burials were carried out, one being an unknown child and
the other an adult.
GENERAL HOSPITAL FACILITIES.
Edgware General Hospital.
Hendon District Hospital.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES - HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
Hendon Isolation Hospital.
Neasden Isolation Hospital, Willesden.
Any other Infectious Disease Hospital controlled by the North-Western Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board.
TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT AND HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
Edgware General Hospital.
Admissions are also arranged through the Regional Hospital Board to the Regional
Chest Hospitals, particularly Clare Hall and Colindale.
The Chest Clinic at Edgware serves primarily those living in the Borough of Hendon
and the Stanmore, Queensbury and Kingsbury districts of Harrow and Wembley.
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