[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough.

  • Slough (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NUMBER OF SAMPLES TAKEN PERCENTAGE OF SAMPLES 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Grade I 52 52 75 51 21 32 98.2 100.0 93.3 98.1 100.0 100.0 Grade II 1 - 1 1.8 1.3 - Grade III 1 1.3 Grade IV 3 1 - 4.0 1.9 MORTUARY The number 1966 reached the of post-mortem highest point examinations carried out so far - 192. during 1959 • • • 115 1963 133 1960 • • • 125 1964 157 1961 • • • 135 1965 ... 174 1962 • • • 138 1966 ... 192 It is therefore, quite clear that without the improvements which were made in 1965 it would not have been possible to afford the pathologists with the facilities they need for preparing the autopsies. CREMATORIUM The number of cremations at the Slough Crematorium during 1966 was almost the same as in the previous year. In 1966 there were 1,183 cremations and in 1965 there were 1,196. Once again I would like to thank the Superintendent and Staff for their great help given to me and to the Deputy Medical Referees during the year; without their assistance the work would be much more arduous and time-consuming than it is. HOME HELP SERVICE As will be seen from the following table a further expansion in the Home Help Service occurred during 1966. The increase was due to additional help being required by the elderly, the number of aged and infirm cases being helped rising from 473 in 1965 to 538 in 1966. As well as this there was an increase of 17 - from 17 to 34 - in the number of good neighbours and these, of course, usually also help the elderly. As explained in my last report ‘good neighbours' do Just that - they live next door to, or close by, people who need help and they do all the sorts of jobs good neighbours can do, not on an hourly basis but when they are needed. For this they are not paid by the hour but receive a weekly sum to cover the services rendered.