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Bedding and/or clothing 189
Library books 87
Parcels of clothing
to be sent abroad 40
DOMICILIARY LAUNDRY SERVICE
A problem which arises in the case of aged and sick persons in their own homes,
is the cleansing and laundering of soiled linen and clothing.
Where such persons have no relative living with them who is able to deal with
the articles, assistance is given under Section 84, Public Health Act, 1936, as
amended by Section 42, Middlesex County Council Act,
These sections give the Council necessary authority to have the articles
collected and cleansed (laundered).
During the year 12,175 articles were collected from the houses of 44 such
incontinent persons.
The articles are collected twice weekly and returned to them after laundering.
The scheme frequently enables these people to remain in their homes instead
of having to occupy beds in hospitals which can therefore be put to more urgent
and better use.
FACTORIES ACT, 1961
At the request of the Ministry of Health the tables showing the work carried
out in the administration of the health provisions of the Factories Acts, are
given in the prescribed form as an annex to the report.
The occupiers of factories are required to supply the Local Authority twice
yearly with lists of the names and addresses of persons employed by them as outworkers,
i.e. carrying out work in their own homes. These lists are submitted in
February and August. The homes are then inspected by the Public Health Inspectors
to ensure that conditions there are suitable.
Twenty-two lists were received from employers in the Borough giving details
of 130 outworkers. Of these 101 did not reside in the Borough and the appropriate
details were forwarded to the Medical Officers of Health of the districts
concerned.
In turn, notifications were received from other Local Authorities of 151
outworkers residing in Hendon but employed in factories elsewhere.
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