[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.

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Welfare (<continued) (b) Old Persons Homes outside Northampton. This accommodation is mostly for the convenience of the persons concerned. °n1311.st December, 1960, the Council had undertaken financial responsibility for residents in the following homes _ „ MALES FEMALES TOTALS Danetre Hospital, Daventry . 2 _ 2 Home for Aged Jews, Wandsworth . — 1 1 St. John’s Convalescent Home, Weston Favell. __ i | Salvation Army Home, Netherfield House, Stanstead Abbotts . 1 __ \ Totals. 3 2 5 (c) Special Accommodation. On 31st December, 1960, the Council had accepted responsibility for handicapped persons in the following homes “ Wardington Court ” Home for the Blind, Northampton . “ Darsdale ” Home for the Blind, Raunds Chalfont Colony for Epileptics, Chalfont St. Peter .. David Lewis Manchester Epileptic Colony . Red House Nursing Home, Tunbridge Wells . Roper House for the Deaf, Canterbury Sunshine Home, Kingswinford . “ Dorincourt,” Leatherhead .. Totals. MALES FEMALES TOTALS 4 1 1 1 7 4 6 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 16 (3) Other Homes for Disabled and Old Persons For convenience and reference a list is given below of residential accommodation in Northampton County Borough for old and handi¬ capped persons:— HOME Nazareth House, Kingsthorpe Road Oakwood Home, 8 The Drive . “ Roseland,” 41 Park Avenue South St. Christopher’s, Abington Park Crescent. St. George’s Homestead, 25/26 St. George’s Avenue .. “ The Briers,” 69 Collingwood Road “ Wardington Court ” Home for the Blind, Welford Road . 133/135 Birchfield Road . ACCOMMODATION 48 disabled and old persons (16 men, 32 women) 11 old persons, either sex 12 old persons, either sex 32 old persons, either sex 22 aged women 9 old persons, either sex 20 disabled and old persons, either sex 14 aged persons, either sex