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OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE
As a result of discussions between representatives of the Council
for the Welfare of Old People and the Bermondsey Borough Council,
the Public Health Committee appointed 6 of its members as representatives
of the Borough Council on the Executive Committee of the
Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Council for the Welfare of Old People,
and the Vice-Chairman of the Public Health Committee, Councillor
Mrs. A. M. Hatcher, was elected Chairman of the Old People's Welfare
Committee.
A member of the staff of the Public Health Department undertook
responsibility for the administrative and secretarial work of the Welfare
Council.
Under the powers given by Section 4 of the Physical Training
and Recreation Act 1937, the Borough Council has taken over nominal
control of, and financial responsibility for, Old People's Clubs. Each
club has a voluntary leader and voluntary helpers, and is entirely selfgoverning.
The Public Health Department makes all the arrangements
for handicrafts, singing, and film shows given by the Department's
Propaganda Section.
Holidays at reduced rates are arranged for the aged, the Borough
Council meeting the cost of transport for club members who take
advantage of these arrangements. The Welfare Council have, in
some cases, rendered financial assistance where the old person would
have had some difficulty in meeting the whole of the cost. The Corporation
at Margate have offered facilities to old people on holiday
for concerts, outdoor games, and the use of deck chairs for the nominal
charge of 1/- per week.
The Welfare Council have always maintained a close friendship
with a number of Women's Institutes in the Home Counties and during
the summer months a number of coach outings to the various institutes
was arranged for members of the Old People's Clubs, and the Institutes
were most generous with their hospitality.
Clubs have their meetings in Church Halls or in buildings under
the control of the Borough Council. Times of meetings are as
follows:—
Arthur's Mission, Snowsfields, S.E.I. }
Leader : Miss M. A. Hanbury, B.R.C.S. } Thursda y , 2.30- 4 P.m.
Dockhead House, 225 Abbey Street,}
S.E.1.}
Leader:Mrs. F. L. Manser.} Thursday, 2.30-4 p.m.
Lady Gomm, Hawkstone Road, S.E.16 }
Leader: Mrs. I. Olsen.} Wednesda y, 2.30-4 P.m.
Queen's House, Assembly Hall, Lower }
Road, S.E.16. }
Leader : Mrs. F. A. Brockman.} Wednesday, 7-9 p.m.
Rotherhithe, Assembly Hall, Lower} Tuesday and Thursday,
Road, 5.E.16.} 2.30 - 4 p.m.
Leader : Mrs. L. M. Brown.}