[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Mexborough U.D.C.

  • Mexborough (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Mexborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In respect of the services provided in Conisbrough, Mexborough, Wath-upon-Dearne, Dearne and Swinton, the meals are all cooked at the Manvers Main Colliery Canteen. In Rawmarsh the council made arrangements for meals to be prepared at the South Yorkshire Chemical Works. The first service started in Rawmarsh in May 1963 with a twice weekly delivery to 33 selected aged persons. The scheme was extended to cater for 50 persons in November 1963. The service in Conisbrough and Denaby Main started in April 1964 and superseded a limited scheme which had been operated through the home help service since February 1959. The new scheme provided for the delivery of meals to 36 persons each Friday and 24 persons at a weekly Luncheon Club held at the Denaby Main Old People’s Community Centre. The van used for the delivery of meals in Conisbrough and Denaby Main was shared with Mexborough and Wath-upon-Dearne and was provided through the generosity of the Mexborough and District Round Table; the Conisbrough and Denaby Main Old People’s Welfare Committee have now decided to purchase their own van and in anticipation of this being delivered in January 1965 a twice weekly service has been introduced. In Mexborough a twice weekly service for 36 persons was started in March 1964 through the agency of the Women’s Voluntary Service. Wath-upon-Dearne Aged People’s Welfare Committee also initiat¬ ed a scheme for supplying meals to 36 persons on two days per week in March 1964 making use of a van supplied by the Round Table. A vehicle was donated to the Dearne Meals on Wheels Committee by the Dearne District (S.P.) Bookmakers and Trades People’s Charities Association and was brought mto use in October 1964 for the delivery of meals to 36 people on Mondays and Tuesdays and a further 36 on Wednesday and Thursdays each week. The services in Swinton and Kilnhurst started on the 29th September 1964 and provides for 36 meals to be delivered on Tues¬ days and Thursdays each week in a vehicle loaned to the Committee by Mr. F. Calladine. The success of the meals on wheels scheme has been due in no small part to the ready co-operation and help given by the National Coal Board, South Yorkshire Chemical Works, the Women’s Volun¬ tary Service and the many private and unpaid volunteers.