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to a sanitary authority upon a report from the Medical Officer of Health or a
Sanitary Inspector for their district that any aged person within their
district-
(a) is verminous or is for any other reason in need of cleansing in order
to prevent injury or the danger of injury to health; and
(b) is so enfeebled that he is unable to avail himself of any facilities
for cleansing himself provided by the authority under any enactment
or to cleanse himself properly;
the authority may on the application or with the consent of that person (but
not otherwise) cause him to be cleansed free of charge at the place where he
resides or at any other suitable place. A sanitary authority may make all
such arrangements and provide all such apparatus and things as may be necessary
for the convenient exercise of the powers conferred by the foregoing subsection.
During the year, under a scheme which was inaugurated in October, 1953,
five persons were given a total of 33 baths at Millfields Cleansing Centre.
Transport to and from the Centre was provided by the department,
Other activities connected with the welfare of old people were:
LORD MAYOR'S NATIONAL AIR RAID DISTRESS FUND. Part of the money received by
Hackney when this fund was finally closed down was allocated to the welfare of
the aged. Under a scheme administered by His Worship the Mayor, 59 old
persons were sent to a Holiday Home at Westcliff and 92 to a home at Margate.
AMERICAN FOOD PARCELS FOR EUROPE. During the months of December, 1954, and
January of the current year, some 1,330 parcels were distributed, under the
direction of His Worship the Mayor, to needy old folk in the borough.