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Six weekly lectures for the lay public, well publicised,
were held in conjunction with the staff of Kingston and Long Grove
Hospitals on evenings during April and May, at the Kingston Medical
Centre. The subjects were:
Heart Attacks
What is Cancer
Resuscitation
Psychiatry and the Law
Prepare for your Holiday
How to use the Health Service
by a Consultant Physician
by a Consultant Pathologist
by a Consultant Surgeon
by a Consultant Psychiatrist
by the Health Education
Officer, Royal Borough of
Kingston upon Thames
by a General Practitioner
A special poster campaign was held in October to publicise
treatment facilities for venereal diseases.
During the week commencing 11th November a very successful
exhibition was staged at the Hollyfield Youth Centre, entitled "Let's
Live". This was organised jointly by officers of the health and
welfare and education departments and more than two thousand people
attended. There were thirty-two stands, including some provided by
various organisations such as the Metropolitan Police, London Fire
Brigade, London Ambulance Service, Kingston Hospital and the Family
Planning Association.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948 - SECTION 47
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1951.
Action can be taken under these Acts for compulsory
removal of persons to suitable premises in circumstances where they
are:
(a) suffering from grave chronic disease, or being
aged, infirm, or physically incapacitated, are
living in insanitary conditions;
(b) unable to look after themselves and are not
receiving proper care and attention from other
persons.
There were two cases during the year in which action was
taken under the National Assistance (Amendment) Act 1951. In
February an old lady of 95 was removed to hospital as a matter of
urgency and in November a lady of 75 was similarly removed to
hospital. This person was suffering from osteo-arthritis and had
also become mentally confused.