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Loan of nursing equipment
The British Red Cross Society continues to
operate a scheme for the loan of nursing
equipment on behalf of the council Charges
for this service are nominal but in certain
circumstances are abated or waived Monies
received from loan charges enabled the
British Red Cross Society to provide replacements
for smaller items of worn equipment.
Recuperative holiday homes
During the year the borough council accepted
responsibility under section 12 of the Health
Services and Public Health Act 1968 for the
maintenance of 116 persons in recuperative
holiday homes Seventy one were admitted to
such homes, 22 were cancelled or withdrawn.
Chiropody Service
The chiropody service is available for the
elderly physically handicapped and children
This is provided at fully equipped council
clinics and health centres and in the patients
own homes The service is augmented by the
Heston and lsleworth Old People's Welfare
Committee who acting as agents on behalf
of the borough council conduct their own clinics
and domiciliary treatment.
The demands on the council's directlyprovided
service continued to increase during
1970 An average of twenty-six weekly sessions
were held throughout the year in local authority
premises compared with twenty-four during 1969
A total of l 351 clinic sessions were held at
which 2,189 patients made 9,679 attendances for
treatment Six chiropodists made 6 468 home
visits to aged and infirm patients who were
unable to attend the clinics. The number of
patients requiring domiciliary treatment increased
from 973 to 1,236.
The Heston and lsleworth Old People's
Welfare Committee works in close co-operation
with the department of health and provides an
invaluable service as an adjunct to the local
authority's directly provided service During
the year 136 domiciliary patients received a
total of 693 visits and 209 patients made 930
attendances at specially arranged sessions
The council paid the organisation an agreed
quarterly grant of £475 which was based on the
existing case load.

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