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2. Of that 12,803 there were 605 (4.6 per cent.) who received assistance
from our Domestic Help Service last year and the extent of their demand
on available Help facilities may be gauged by consideration of these figures.

It is worthy of note that roughly 70 per cent. of persons who received
help were over 65 years of age.
3. Again, we know that some 961 old people over 65 years were attended
by the District Nurses of the County Council and the figures that follow
show the extent to which attendance on old people engages the attention of
these Home Nurses.

The figures show that over 45 per cent, of the patients requiring skilled
nursing attention were over 65 years, and that their visits formed 67 per cent.
of the total visits by District Nurses in the area.
4. We also know that some 50 old people partake of meals supplied in
the basement kitchen in the Town Hall, and that 50 meals are sent out to old
people under the "Meals on Wheels" Service arrangements. Meals are
supplied twice a week.