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WELFARE
OLD PEOPLE
During 1957. 34 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 the 34 cases are as follows -
Removed to Hospital 11
Removed to Old People s Homes 2
Remained at Home
(a) with Home Help whilst awaiting entry to
a Home 2
(b) with District Nursing assistance and
Home Help 1
(c) with Invalid Meals and Home Help 1
(d) with Home Help 6
(e) awaiting admission to a Home 2
(f) medical assistance required and obtained 1
(g) comforts provided 1
(h) no help required 6
Died at Home 1
During the year a total of 287 aged persons or aged chronic sick persons
in the Borough received help from the Home Help Service and the Home Nurses
dealt with 577 old people out of a total of 978 cases.
These figures compare with 284 aged persons receiving help from the Home
Help Service in 1956 and 575 old persons being visited by the Nurses out of a
total of 1,084 cases
Information supplied by the County Welfare Officer shows that during the
year 32oldpeople from the Borough were admitted to Old People" s Homes through
the County Welfare Department amongst them were those in special need of care
and attention listed in the above table as having been removed to Old People s
Homes, and four persons previously brought to our notice one in 1955 and three
in 1956
The County Council has the duty under the National Assistance Act 1948.
of providing residential accommodation for aged and infirm persons in need of
care and attention which is not otherwise available to them, and it can do this
by providing its own Homes or by arrangements with registered Voluntary Organ
isations The County Council s Welfare Department administers the County Homes,
and one such Home is situated in the Borough
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