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91
Admitted to private Home 1
Admitted to Mental Hospital 1
Voluntary removal to Old People's Home 52
Voluntary removal to hospital 34
Domestic help 14
Meals on Wheels 5
Cleansing treatment 32
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1953. SECTION 43, (Power
to sanitary authority to cleanse aged and feeble persons in their homes or
elsewhere). Under the powers contained in this section, where it appears 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 these powers,
During the year 24 persons were given a total of 165 baths at Mill fields
Cleansing Centre: transport to and from the Centre was provided by the Depart
ment. In addition, eight persons were given a total of 61 baths in their own
homes.