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In the debt cases, the family comes to feel that the whole situation is hopeless, they
become apathetic and family relationships are very strained, each partner blaming the
other for their circumstances. Generous help has been provided in the form of clothing
furniture, bedding etc. from the W.V.S , Red Cross, Shaftesbury Society. One family
with a multitude of debts was helped by the Glasspool Trust after some effort had been
made of their own. This helped them to feel the situation was improving a little more
rapidly and they have continued with regular weekly payments since, in spite of added
expenditure on coal, etc. which has made budgeting for these families increasingly
difficult this winter. Both special services health visitors wish to acknowledge gratefully
help they have received from local societies The Round Table of Hornsey
arranged a holiday for two families and gave constructive and personal help to twelve
families at Christmas. N.A.L.G.O. arranged a Christmas party which was very much
enjoyed by all the children between three and eleven years In Tottenham the Rotary
Club and Round Table made it possible for four boys at attend Highgate camp in August.
Bertram Mills Circus and the Wembley Stadium were again generous in issuing free
tickets enabling some of the mothers to have an outing with their children during the
Christmas season.
Miss Howse, in Hornsey, has accepted invitations to speak at various Guilds, Youth
Clubs, Parent-Teacher Associations etc. and keeps in close contact with the excellent
work done by the Churches in Hornsey.
Intenseive family case work continues to help keep families together and is not
only of benefit to the families and the children concerned, but in view of the expense of
residential care is an enormous saving of public money

The sex and age of patients at the time of the nurses's first visit may be classified
as follows:-