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NIGHT ATTENDANCE SERVICE. - The service for supplying
night attendants to give some relief to those people called upon to sit up
constantly at night with sick relatives or friends, or to help sick persons
with no one to whom to turn for such assistance, has continued. This is
integrated with the domestic help service and controlled by the two fulltime
organisers under the general direction of the Area Medical Officer.
Details during 1963 are as follows:—
Number of applications received for assistance 50
Number of cases where night attendants were provided 28
Number of cases which on investigation were either not
eligible for assistance or did not require the service 22
Number of cases awaiting help at end of year —
Number of cases being served at 31st December, 1963 —
Total number of hours for which attendants were provided
871
Number of attendants on panel at 31st December, 1963 2
DAY ATTENDANCE SERVICE. - The arrangement with the Ilford
Social Service Association for providing day attendants in approved cases
to sit with sick and infirm persons who cannot afford to meet the charge
made by the Ilford Social Service Association, the County Council making
agreed payments to the Association, has continued. Three cases were
dealt with under this arrangement during 1963, the details being asfollows:-
Number of cases being attended at 31.12.62 Nil
Number of new cases attended during 1963 3
Number of cases discontinued during 1963 2
Number of cases being attended at 31.12.63 1
Total number of attendances given:—
(a) Whole days Nil
(b) Part-days 77
(c) Weeks 11
PREVENTION OF BREAK-UP OF FAMILIES - HEALTH OF
CHILDREN. — Supervision of the few problem families in the Area continues,
the health visitors taking the leading role and discussing the
problems with interested persons, e.g. general practitioners, teachers,
Housing Manager and psychiatric social workers. Local case conferences
are called as necessary.
CONVALESCENT FACILITIES. - The following tables show the
number of persons sent away for recuperative holidays during 1963:—