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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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for example enable the disabled person to take part in social activities choral
classes, dancing classes, attend handcraft classes, obtain a needed holiday or
by provision of ramps for mechanical chairs handrails, lifting hoists and the
like, give a previously non-existent measure of mobility to a person who was
chair-bound or house-bound Where the circumstances require it, adaptations to
houses including the provision of downstairs toilet facilities may be undertaken
During 1963 special adaptations were made to twelve homes in the Borough
An Industrial Work Organiser runs a centre where handicapped persons who
are unable to obtain employment in open industry but who are suitable for a certain
amount of light work are provided with this on a part-time basis at the
work centre or at home
Advice and guidance regarding personal problems are given, and membership
of a voluntary organisation catering for a particular handicap is facilitated
Services to the deaf and dumb and the hard of hearing are provided by appropriate
voluntary organisations, to which the County Council makes grants in aid
Brentford and Chiswick choral classes for handicapped persons are held on
Friday evenings at Belmont School Belmont Road Chiswick Each year this class
takes part in the Choral Festival arranged for handicapped persons by the County
Council
Four special coaches with hydraulic lifting device at the back are in use
for taking handicapped persons to club activities, handcraft classes and the
choral classes These coaches are for those who cannot travel by public transport
or in any other ordinary car or coach Wheelchair cases can be lifted into
these coaches and travel while remaining seated in their chairs
At 31st December 1963 141 residents of the Borough were registered as
generally handicapped
The Brentford and Chiswick Group of the Middlesex and Surrey League for
the Hard of Hearing meets weekly in the Borough There are social meetings.,
lip reading and speaking classes talks and discussions, outings and visits to
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tenanted by handicapped or elderly persons Details of the work done are as follows:-
| Case | Type of Accommodation | Work Done |
|---|---|---|
| l | Council House | Handrail to stairs |
| 2 | „Flat | Handrail over bath and steps |
| 3 | „ Flat | Handrail over bath |
| 4 | „House | Handrail to stairs |
| 5 | „Flat | Installation of ramps, widening doors to bathroom and entrance lowering of steps to front door, grab handle over bath and toilet, relaying of pathway from flat to garage substitution of brackets for legs to wash basin |
| 6 | „Flat | Rails over bath and at front door |
| 7 | „Flat | Rail to front gateway |
| 8 | „Flat | Rail by toilet and bath bathroom door widened lavatory basin lowered |
| 9 | „Flat | Rail by bath |
| 10 | „Flat | Grab handle by bath |
| 11 | „Flat | Grab handle over bath |
| 12 | „Flat | Grab handle over bath |