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Male, aged 4½ years - Fractured right fore-arm caused by
fall from chair.
Male, aged 16 months - Multiple cuts on face, requiring
stitches, caused by fall from cot
which broke glass containing water.
Male, aged 2& years - Burns caused by fall into fire after
accidental push.
Female, aged 1 year Scalds to thighs and buttocks caused
by hot water tap turned on infant in
bath by another child.
Female, aged 4 years - Scalds on right thigh and right upper
arm caused by splashes from hot water
bottle.
Of the deaths from accidents 2 occurred in children under 7 years of age.
Five persons over 80 years of age died following falls in which limbs were
fractured There is no doubt that a great number of falls of old people are
occasioned by the fact that houses are not sufficiently equipped with hand rails
or other aids to assist people who are elderly or infirm.
WELFARE
OLD PEOPLE
During 1954 eighteen cases of old people in need of care and attention were
brought to the notice of the Public Health Department. No patient was found to
be in such conditions as to require Statutory action under the National Assistance
Act
Details of progress of the eighteen cases are as follows:
Removed to Hospital 5
Awaiting admission to Old People's Home 2
Removed to Old People' s Home 1
Remained at home 9
Died at home 1
With regard to the 9 cases remaining at home, 2 were provided with home
help assistance, 2 with meals and 3 with special comforts.
During the year a total of 264 aged persons or aged chronic sick persons
in the Borough received help from the Home Help Service,
Slipper Baths
Under the scheme for the provision at the reduced rates (2d per bath) of
slipper baths forold people at the Public Baths Establishments 1,838 baths were
taken in Chiswick and 590 in Brentford.
These figures show again a slight increase over those for the previous year.
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