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The detailed statistics for 1953 are set out below:General
Sickness.
No. of applications received 426
No. withdrawn or refused 45
New cases accepted during 1953 38l
Males 66
Females 315 381
No. of cases on books at end of 1952 501
Total number of persons receiving home help during 1953 882
No. of cases on Books at end of 1953 531
Ages of applicants to whom home help was supplied for the first times:-
Uhder 50 45 = 11.8%
Between 50/59 36 = 9.7%
Between 60/69 76 = 19.9%
Between 70/79 157 = 41.1%
Between 80/89 62 = 16.2%
Between 90/99 5 = 1.3%
381 = 100.0%
Cases assessed to pay 106
Cases free 275
Average no. of hours of service per case per week 5
Number of Home Helps available for general cases.
Permanent full-time Home Helps employed on 31st December, 1953 11
Part-time Home Helps employed at 31st December, 1953 92
Average hours worked per week per part-time Home Help
(includes T.B. Cases) 26.5
Total number of hours worked by Home Helps (approx.) 151,966
(On the basis of a 44 hour week, this is equivalent to 66.4
full-time Home Helps throughout the year making no allowance
for sickness, annual leave and travelling time).
Tuberculosis.
No. of new applicants 27
No. transferred from 1952 19
Total No. of persons receiving service in 1953 46
No. of cases on books at end of 1953 27
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