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Preventive Measures;
Convalescent arrangements - Adult 8
-Child 29
Referred to Children5s Officer 12
Provision of beds 2
Referred for re-housing 71
House repairs
Referred Sanitary Inspector 11
Referred Landlgrd 7
After Care and Rehabilitations
Referred to D.R.O„ for work or training 31
Recommended for Home Help Service 23
Occupational Therapy 12
Provision of clothing or bedding 51
Financial aid
Referred National Assistance Board 99
Referred voluntary funds 59
Referred Mayor,s Fund 7 7
Palliative Measuresg
Home Nursing 16
Nursing appliances 4
Miscellaneous 85
2. CONVALESCENCE.
During the year 141 applications for adult convalescence were received - 69 from
hospitals (mostly out-patients), 68 from general medical practitioners and 4- from the Chest
Clinico One hundred and thirty four applications were approved but of these 20 were subsequently
cancelled for various reasons. The remaining 7 applications were not approved as
they did not come within the scope of the scheme.
This being the first full year in which this service has been provided it is not
possible to give comparative figures* There is little doubt* however* that the scheme
became more extensively used as it became more widely known.
3. MENTAL ILLNESS OR DEFECTIVENESS
Information on the care of mental patients will be found in the Mental Health Section^,
pages 43–49
4. HEALTH EDUCATION.
In September a two-day course on "The Principles, Methods and Media of Health Education"
was held at the Health Department for the benefit of medical officers and nurses working in the
public health services. .Speakers, films and other material were generously provided by the
Central Council for Health Education. In accordance with the usual practice of the Central
Council this course was run at the same time as corresponding ones for the benefit of head
teachers and staffs of Children1s Departments; and the arrangements culminated with a public
meeting on "Problems of Child Care" at which the Mayor graciously presided., supported by the
Chairman of the Health Committee and other members of the Council.
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