[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedford Borough.

  • Bedford Borough Council
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5. Verminous Infestation The following table shows the work carried out during the year. Xi'mukr of Pehsoxs and \ kkminous Heads Examined and Treated at ltie Cleansing Station during 1957 Bedford County Prc'School Children 2 — School Children 13 2 Adults 0 — No cases of scabies were treated. VIII. NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948 SECTION 47 1. Persons in Need of Care and Attention This Section provides for the necessary care and attention of persons who (a) are suffering from grave chronic disease or, being aged and inhrm or physicalty incapacitated, are living in insanitary conditions, and (b) are unable to devote to themselves, and are not receiving from other persons, proper care and attention. A widow of 86 years of age who lived alone and was removed to hospital on a Magistrates Order in May, 1953, and retained in hospital on renewals of the Order, died on 17th June, 1957. Investigations were undertaken in six cases of elderly people during the year who were in probable need of care and attention, but it was not necessary to take any legal action, as it was possible to obtain improve- ments in their living conditions by other means. 2. Care of the Aged The care of the aged continues to occupy a good deal of the time of the staff of the Public Health Department. When old people are not receiving adequate care from their families or other persons the policy is of bringing all services to bear, including those administered by the County Council, to prevent such deterioration of conditions as would make removal to hospital necessary.
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