[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![service; })rovi(ling, by gift or loan or otherwise, furniture, vehicles or e(|uipment; permitting them to use premises belong- ing to the local authority; and making available the services of local authority staff connected with the premises or vehicles which the organisation is permitted to use. (b) To provide meals and recreation for old people, either directly or through the agency of voluntary organisations, and to re- cover such charges (if any) as the authority may determine, having regard to the cost of the service. The provision of the Act would enable local authorities and voluntary organisations, working in partnership, to extend their arrangements for the care of elderly people and in particular to })rovide the support needed to enable many who were frail or handieap})ed to continue to live at home. In Dudley the 72 people who were being provided with one meal per week were provided with two meals from the 1st April. The supply of meals for this service from I^rawnwood House commenced early in September which overcame the disadvantage of relying on a school kitchen which was closed during school holidays. I woidd like to take this opportunity to thank the Chief Edu- cation Ofhcer and his staff for the ready eo-operation and willing helpw hich was given during a period of more than ten years when this service was sup]:)lied from a school kitchen. There is a need for a day centre in Dudley which the Women’s \h)luntary Service would assist in operating and in the Ten Year Plan it was proposed that an all purpose building for the handi- ea[)ped might be used as a day Club for the elderly. Meals would be provided from a kitchen which would be able to supply a greatly extended meals on wheels service. Moral Welfare I should like to record my appreciation of the work of the Worcester Diocesan Moral Welfare Association whose help is in- valuable in placing girls in suitable aeeommodation. The Council accepted financial responsibility during the year in hve cases compared with seven in 1961, hve in 1960 and eleven in 19,59. All five cases were single girls and their ages were, one aged 24, one aged 22, two aged 19 and one aged 18. Temporary Protection of Property The temporary property store in Dock Lane became due for demolition during the year and property was moved into premises in Cleveland Street in .July. I must again comment that the premises for the storage of property are not really any more satisfactory than those we have had in past years for this purpose. The property in store still deteriorates for this reason.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
