[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.

  • Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in April, the Ministry su”’o-est that the average provision should he between LS and 2'J places in Homes for tln^ elderly per thousand po[)ulation aged ho and over, 'I'lie jiroposals in the last paragraph give a ratio of 21 for Dudley. At the end of the year arraugemeuts were made for the Mass Hadiogra]ihy Lnit to visit all the Honu's and with only one ex- ception all residents were X-rayed. As a result it was necessary for one resident to he admitted to a sanatorium for treatrneut. LAWXWOOl) HOt’SK OI.l) I’KOI’I.F/S HOMF Temporary Accommodation Idle problems of temporary aeeommodation and homelessiu'ss continue to receive considerable attention hut as th(‘ L.('.Cs research team pointed out in l!)h2. there is no (‘videnee that tin* National Assistance Act. IIHS. ever intemh'd that widfare iiowcu’s should he used to alleviate long term homeh‘ssness. eausc'd by a giaua-al housing shortage. Most of the famili(‘s ajiplying for temporary accommodation were primarily in need of jiermanent ri^-housing. \N hilst the present arrangenu'iits for th(“ provision of temporary accommodation hy the Housing (’ommitti'e have on occasions been placed under some strain, a joint meiding of Keprt‘sentati\ es of th(‘ Housing. Welfare and (diildren's Committees held in November, resolved that the present arrangements for dealing with this problem should be continued. In one ease. howe\er. it was necessary for a mother and baby to be admitted to Lawnwood Hous(' Ixd’ore mori' suitable temporary aeeommodation could b(“ found.
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