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an appropriate number of laundered sheets is delivered to the house.
A charge of sixpence per sheet is made which is covered by a supplementary
allowance for those in receipt of National Assistance. The
charge has not been known to cause hardship.
The service continues to be of great benefit to those who use it,
and similar arrangements are now being made in other parts of Surrey.
Number of new patients 30
Admitted to hospital 10
Died 10
Service discontinued 3
Number of patients using Service at 31.12.61 7
Number of sheets laundered and issued 2,097
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948 — SECTION 47.
In many cases old people create their own difficulties by refusing
to leave their homes when they can only be properly cared for in
hospital or other suitable accommodation.
A satisfactory solution is generally arrived at without resort to
compulsion.
Under the National Assistance Act 1948 and the Amendment Act
1951 the Medical Officer of Health can apply to the Court or to a
Magistrate for a compulsory Removal Order which has the effect of
placing and detaining the patient in hospital or home.
It was not necessary to use these powers during the year under
review.