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INCONTINENT LAUNDRY SERVICE
The Council provides a clean laundry service under its
powers contained in the Public Health (London) Act, the work
being carried out by the Health Department Disinfecting staff.
The service was greatly expanded during the year with the
provision of additional equipment to meet the increased demand
for the service. Only applicants who cannot make other suitable
arrangements for the laundering of their soiled linen are considered.
Altogether 46,040 articles were laundered, compared with 30,947 in
the previous year.
The articles laundered were as follows:- Night attire 12,128;
Sheets 7,826; Draw Sheets 7,021; Blankets 174; Pillow Cases 525;
Table Cloths 281; Tea Cloths 387; Towels 1,062; Miscellaneous
15,636.
TELEVISION AND WIRELESS FOR THE BEDRIDDEN
Through the generosity of a private donor Woolwich, along with
other Metropolitan Boroughs, was given the opportunity of recommending
the names of needy old folk as being suitable for participating in
a scheme for the provision of free television sets. So far more
than 30 old people in the Borough have been provided with a free
television set.
The Department also acts as local sponsor to the Wireless for
the Bedridden Society, who supply some 80 old people in this category
in the Borough with free radio facilities.
PUBLICITY
With a view to informing the elderly and other sections of the
community of the available services for the elderly, the Old People's
Welfare Committee published a brochure giving details of the kinds
of help available in the Borough. Some 10,000 copies of this
brochure were distributed during the year to all actively engaged
in this work, and to the old people on the Council's register. In
addition, full local press publicity was obtained during the year
of the Council's activities concerned with Old People's Welfare.
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