View report page

73
Meals on Wheels. The Meals on Wheels service continued to function throughout
the year and the average number of meals delivered to housebound members
and to luncheon clubs was 100 per week.
Holidays. One week's holiday at Herne Bay was arranged for some 200 persons,
who contributed to the cost according to their means and the Association made
a maximum contribution of 25s.
Home Chiropody A home chiropody service for housebound members has recently
been provided, A local chiropodist calls on patients by appointment, and a
fee of 2s. 6d. per visit is normally charged but where the person is unable
to meet this charge the Association helps.
SECTION 47. (Removal to suitable premises of persons in need of care and
attention). One case dealt with under this section was that of an old lady
aged 92 years who was found to be living in insanitary conditions and unable
to devote to herself and not receiving proper care and attention. All efforts
to persuade her to accept the offer of admission to a home or to have home
help assistance were refused, and the only alternative left was to apply to
the Magistrates Court for her removal to, and detention in, a suitable home.
An order was obtained for her detention for a period of six weeks; she was
admitted to a London County Council home in July, where she remained until her
death in the latter part of October,
Under the more speedy procedure of the National Assistance (Amendment)
Act, 1951, two cases were dealt with, One, a lady aged 52 years, was found
to be suffering from a chronic disease, living in insanitary conditions, and
not receiving proper care and attention, A Magistrates Order was obtained
for her removal to Hackney Hospital to which establishment she was admitted
on April 2nd She remained in hospital until the middle of July, when she
had sufficiently recovered to be discharged The second case was a man aged
75 years who was suffering from an advanced malignant condition of the face
and not in receipt of proper care and attention. Under a Magistrate's Order
he was compulsorily removed to the Hackney Hospital on August 8th, and he was
still an in-patient there at the end of the year
During the year the circumstances of 64 persons who were thought to be in
need of care and attention were brought to the notice of the department, and
the number of cases under observation at the end of the year was 124. These
persons were visited as and when necessary, and a total of 324 visits made.
Fifty-seven persons were dealt with as follows:-
Removed to old people's home on Magistrate's Order 1
Removed to hospital on Magistrate's Order 2
Voluntary removal to old people's home 22
Voluntary removal to hospital32
Total 57
In a number of cases contact was made by officers of the department with
relatives doctors nurses the home nursing and domestic help services and
other bodies, with a view to providing the assistance appropriate to the case.
SECTION 50 (Burial or cremation of the dead) Burials to the number of 59
were arranged by the department, at a total cost of £395 16s. 3d., and the
cost or part cost thereof was recovered as follows:-