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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
Hillingdon 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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44
Community Care
On 31st December, 1968, there were 419 residents (112 males and 307 females) in the nine
Borough residential Homes. Other Local Authorities were financially responsible for 24 of these
residents. In addition, the Borough Council was maintaining 102 persons (36 males and 66 females)
in Homes administered by voluntary organisations, and 15 (8 males and 7 females) in other Local
Authority Homes.
The following is a summary of admissions and discharges during the year:—
| Admissions | Discharges | To where discharged | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | Deaths | Home Address | Other Address | |||
| Borough Homes | 179 | 157 | 66 | 67 | 15 | 9 |
| Voluntary Homes | 29 | 20 | 1 | 17 | — | 2 |
| Other Authority Homes | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
The Department has continued to maintain a close liaison with the Geriatric Department of
Hillingdon Hospital. Aged persons in Welfare Homes who became in need of permanent specialised
nursing care were admitted to geriatric wards. Others were admitted on a temporary basis and later
returned to the Homes.
Some who had been admitted to hospital from their own homes with acute illnesses were, on
discharge from hospital, admitted to Welfare Homes because they were unable to manage alone, or
relatives were unable to continue caring for them.
Details:—
| Number discharged to hospital | 66 |
| Number discharged and subsequently returned to Home | 23 |
| Number of new cases admitted from hospital | 42 |
Attention has already been drawn in the Home Nursing Section to the liaison arrangements
between the Geriatric Unit and the Home Nursing Service.
The table below shows a summary by age groups of all admissions to Residential Accommodation during 1968:—
| Males | Females | Grand Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 30 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65-74 | 75-84 | 85 & Over | Total | Under 30 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65-74 | 75-84 | 85 & over | Total | ||
| — | 1 | — | — | ||||||||||||
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