[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough.

  • Bebington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The register was made up as follows:— District Bebington Ellesmere Port Heswall Neston Hoylake and West Kirby .. Irby Pensby Greasby Childer Thornton No. of children on register 22 28 6 5 6 4 3 I 76 SECTION 29-DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE The National Health Service Act 1946 (S.29) gave the local authority power to establish a service — “for providing domestic help for house- holds where such help is required owing to the presence of any person who is ill, lying-in, an expectant mother, mentally defective, aged or a child . . During 1967 domestic helps were employed for a total of 43,299 hours. At the end of the year 48 part-time helps were employed. TABLE XX Persons aged 65 years or over .. No. of Cases .. 275 No. of hours provided 37,601 Persons aged under 65 years (i) Chronic sick and tuberculous .. 22 3,735 (ii) Mentally disordered 2 449 (iii) Maternity .. 21 493 (iv) Others .. 22 1,021 342 43,299 There is a scale of charges in operation whereby the amount paid for the service is assessed according to the income of the family concerned after deductions are made for rent, rates and personal allowances. The maximum charge is 5/6d. per hour.