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able for old people in every housing estate. These
should be carefully sited to be within easy reach of
shopping facilities and other amenities.
Small hostels for the aged have worked well in
many areas during the war and small groups of almshouses
have been built successfully by some authorities.
It is necessary only to visit "Beechlands" and other
Homes in this district to realise how greatly old people
requiring simple nursing attention and the minimum of
medical treatment appreciate the friendly atmosphere
of a small unit run on non-institutional lines. To quote
from a recent leading article in the Lancet, "The more
intelligently and kindly a community looks after it's old
people, the less the need for expensive institutional
care given domestic help, nursing care and
medical attention when needed, many old people who
now die after years in hospital could live interesting
and possibly useful lives, finally dying triumphantly in
their own beds."
L. S. FRY, M.D., D.P.H.
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