[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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    assumed that the {)i'()j)()rti()n will eoutinue to orow and yet nearer to the national average. Tlie Loeal Authority's donheiliarv services have an inereasinyly important ])art to play in the home care ot tlu“ elderly and in ad- dition need to he su})ported by adecpiate voluntary services. In the horouyh we are fortunate to have in the Dudley Old People's Welfare Association a thriviny voluntary oryanisation which {)rovides a holida\’ scheme, a visitiny ser\'iee. old people's clubs. C'hristmas parties and arranyes an annual Hidly. 'I'ln' Association is also active in developiny new clubs when the need for this is shown. Duriny the year visits were* made to thrt'c Ilonu's where elderly persons w(a’e inlirm and physically incapacitated and were li\'iny in insanitary conditions. One t'hh'rly lady was r(‘mo\'ed to hosj)ital under the provision of .Section Ido of the Mental Ih'alth Act. IDdb. d'he circumstan(*es under which she was lix'iny arc* shown in tin* photoyraph. One man e\’entually ayreed to be admitted to an Old P(*o))l(‘'s Home and another to hospital after some* persuasion. Meals on Wheels Duriny 19()2 an amendment to tin* National Assistance* .Act. 1948 yreatly ext(*nd(*d the pow(*rs ot local authoriti(*s to proN'idc* meals and recreation for old peoj)l<*. (*nabliny th(*ni (a) To assist voluntary oryanisations to ])rovid(* nu*als or recreation for old |)(*oj)l{*. by makiny contributions to the cost of tin*
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