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Recuperative Holiday Homes
During the year the borough council accepted
responsibility under the National Health
Service Acts, 1946-68 for the maintenance
of 58 persons in recuperative holiday homes
Chiropody Service.
The chiropody service is available for the
elderly, physically handicapped and children
This is provided at fully equipped clinics
and health centres and in the patients own
homes The service is augmented by the
Heston and Isleworth Old People's Welfare
Committee who acting as agents on behalf
of the borough council, conduct their own
clinics and domiciliary treatments
The demands on the council s directlyprovided
service continued to increase
during 1969 An average of 24 weekly sessions
were held throughout the year in local
authority premises, compared with 20 during
1968 This increase was largly attributable
to an amendment in the establishment during
the year whereby it was possible to employ
a full-time senior chiropodist to undertake
ten clinic sessions each week A total of
1 262 clinic sessions were held at which
2 153 patients made 9 039 attendances for
treatment Two additional pal-time
chiropodists were appointed to undertake
domiciliary chiropody treatment Thus 6
chiropodists made 4 820 home visits to aged
and infirm patients who were unable to attend
the clinics The number of patients requiring
domiciliary treatment increased from 761 to
978
The Heston and Isleworth Old People s
Welfare Committee continued to work in
close co-operation with the department of
health and provided an invaluable service
as an adjunct to the local authority's directly
provided service. The committee employed
two chiropodists throughout most of the
year and 173 domiciliary patients received
a total of 762 visits and 304 patients made
1 167 attendances at specially arranged
sessions The council paid the organisation
an agreed quarterly grant of £475 which was
based on the existing case load