[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking U.D.C.
- Dorking (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1953
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TjLne_-table.. of Clinics (cont.) Venereal Diseases Clinics Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford Rodliill County Hospital Earlswood Cornon Males: Tues. & Fri, 5-7 p.n, Fe males : Mons, 2-7 p,n» Thurs. 9,30 - 11 a,n. Males: Mons, 5 - 7 p.n. Females: Weds, 5-7 p.n. (And at the Out-patient Departments of many London Hospitals) NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACTS, 194S and 1951 Section 47 of this Act gave power to local authorities to take steps to deal with persons suffering from chronic illness or infirmity, who for one reason or another are not receiving proper care and attention, and who are unable to manage for themselves. As night be expected, the majority of these are old people who, in addition to physical illness, have some loss of mental power Sufficient to curtail their reasoning powers, but not serious enough to require their admission to hospitals for mental illness. There is a tendency for some of these old people to cut themselves off from relatives and friends and to refuse all help, and the conditions in which they live may reach a deplorable state of neglect before it is realised by relatives or neighbours that the natter should be reported to the Medical Officer of Health or to the Welfare Officer, Removal to hospital or other institution nay then be a matter of sono urgency to safeguard the invalid*s life and to permit the removal of filth and rubbish fron the existing accomodation. Under the 1940 Act, power was given to the local authority to apply to the Magistrates Court for an Order to obtain the compulsory renova]., for a period not exceeding three months, of a person found in such conditions. As the result of experience, it was found that the tine taken to comply with the legal req_uirenents of the Act in obtaining an Order for compulsory removal was so long that the practical value of the powers given by the Act to local authorities was curtailed. An amending Act which cane into force in 1951 enables authorities to adopt a more expeditious procedure in cases requiring urgent attention* Ho action was taken under this section during the year. (9)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29164989_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
