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WELFARE
OLD PEOPLE
During 1959, 33 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 33 cases are as follows:-
Removed to hospital 6
Removed to Old People1 s Homes 3
Left District 2
Remained at home:-
(a) meals on wheels provided 6
(b) with Home Help 2
(c) awaiting admission to a Home 1
(d) housing repairs carried out and/or
cleanliness improved 1
(e) no help required 7
(f) all help refused 3
Died at home 2
During the year a total of 333 aged persons or aged chronic sick persons
in the Borough received help from the Home Help Service, and the Home Nurses
dealt with 533 old people out of a total of 832 cases.
These figures compare with 306 aged persons receiving help from the Home
Help Service in 1958 and 586 old persons being visited by the Nurses out of a
total of 959 cases.
Information supplied by the County Welfare Officer shows that during the
year 30 old people from the Borough were admitted to Old People's Homes through
the County Welfare Department, including three persons previously brought to
our notice in 1958.
Thfe 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 does this
by admission to its own Homes or by meeting the cost of maintenance in Homes
administered by registered Voluntary Organisations. The County Council* s Welfare
Department is responsible for the County Homes and one such Home is situated
in the Borough.
Chiropody
A service was maintained throughout the year by the Middlesex County. Council
whereby old people could have their foot defects treated at reduced cost or free
of charge
Figures of the numbers taking advantage of this Service can be found on
page 64.
Old Folks Friendship Club
This is a specially built club house opened in April, 1955, for the use as
a social and recreational centre of old age pensioners living in Brentford and
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