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* Also included in (2) above.
† In 9 instances cases are included under two headings, making the actual
number of burials carried out 92.
Death grant payments totalling £225 11s. 0d. were received in respect of 46
of these cases. These figures are incorporated in the above totals.
The considerable volume of work involved in tracing and
interviewing liable relatives of the deceased persons, the checking
and disposing of their possessions in certain cases, submitting
claims for insurance monies due and dealing with claims under the
death grant scheme; and contacting the Treasury Solicitor in
appropriate cases, has been carried out satisfactorily in accordance
with the general arrangements outlined in my earlier reports to the
Council on this subject.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948,
SECTION 47.
During the period covered by this report, investigations were
made into the living conditions of 43 aged persons who were reported
to be in need of care and attention. Admission either to a hospital
or to one of the London County Council's Homes for old people was
arranged in each of these cases, although it was necessary in one
instance to apply to the Magistrates' Court for a compulsory
removal Order under Section 47 of the National Assistance Act,
1948. This was the case of an elderly lady, 87 years, who was
reported to be suffering from senile dementia and was frequently
incoherent. The patient was subject to falls, whereby she had
sustained a leg injury. She had refused to go to hospital and her
daughter had well looked after her until she got beyond the
daughter's strength. No difficulty was experienced in removing
her to hospital, however, after the Magistrate's Order had been
granted.