London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wanstead and Woodford 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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The allocation of expenditure is set out below:-
| Amount | No. of eases Assisted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Transport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christmas Grants | 38 | 10 | 0 | 47 |
| Special Grants | 28 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Home Help | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Loan | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| Extra Nourishment Vouchers | 462 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Total | £553 | 16 | 5 | |
RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS
The Local Health Authority are empowered to provide recuperative
holidays for persons not in need of medical or nursing attention and
during the year 10 cases from the Borough have been sent away. The
length of convalescence was two weeks in each case.
DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE
1960 once again showed an increase in applications for Domestic
Help.
3667 visits were made, all cases being visited as frequently as possible.
3 full-time and 104 part-time domestic helps are employed to attend
599 patients-
The amount of help per patient or family per week varies from as
litte as two hours to as much at 40 hours per week. 71% of the
patients receiving help are in the chronic aged category.
Once again during the holiday period it was necessary to cut the
hours, and relatives were encouraged to help out wherever possible.
The aged chronic sick still continue to grow in number and as
much help as possible is given to those who live alone.
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