[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham City.

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

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    (i) Prevention of Illness, care and after care. Under this heading comes the provision of nursing equip- ment for sick persons. Invalid chairs are also available. 146 patients in the Durham Municipal Borough were supplied with nursing equipment during the year, 1966. (j) Welfare Services. Services are provided for Blind Persons and other Handi- capped Persons. T otal. No. of blind persons on register ... No. of partially sighted persons on register No. of deaf and dumb persons on register No. of hard of hearing persons on register ... No. of handicapped persons on register ... 90 7 10 9 31 Residential accommodation is provided for persons who by reason of age, infirmity or other circumstances, are in need of care and attention which is not otherwise available to them. Hostels. Persons maintained in residential hostels [a) 15 males. {b) 17 females. Persons on waiting list ... ... ... (a) I male. (h) 14 females. Mental Health. No. of persons registered as mentally subnormal 67 No. of persons under supervision in their own homes ... ... ... ... ... 48 No. of persons in hospitals for the mentally subnormal ... ... ... ... ... 19 National Assistance Acts, 1948 and 1951. No statutory action was taken during the year involving Section 47 relating to removal of persons in need of urgent care and attention.