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The electro-myography department is also in fairly constant use both
for investigatory work on neurological cases and for research purposes.
Preparations began in the latter part of 1962 for a six weeks postregistration
course for physiotherapists, occupational therapists and
speech therapists, which was scheduled to begin in February 1963, and
applications for places on the course have been received from many
countries. It is hoped to hold such courses twice yearly in the future.
Many visitors, both professional and lay, are shown round the Centre
in the course of a year, including a number of parties from medical, nursing
and therapy schools.
In addition several of the training schools for speech and occupational
therapy send third-year students to do part of their training at the Centre
under the senior therapist of the appropriate department.
WELFARE OF OLD PEOPLE
To be aware of elderly persons who have problems and to be able to
keep in touch with them is of the utmost importance in providing the help when
it is most needed, and in this connection, the Welfare Officer visited 213
new cases during the year and made 1,391 re-visits to the 1,280 old people
already on the register.
Additional visiting by the British Red Cross Society, the Women's
Voluntary Services and the St. John Ambulance Brigade in connection with
the delivery of meals, recreation and personal cleansing, is of great value
and provides a constant liasion with the Public Health Department.
Grant
The Borough Council makes a grant of £450 per annum to the Chelsea
Old People's Welfare Committee.
Meals on Wheels.
This service, as usual, has been efficiently administered by the
Women's Voluntary Services and distributed by the voluntary organisations
on five days a week. It not only ensures that housebound old people are
certain of one meal a day, but provides a valuable link with all services
available.
Number of meals issued during the year 13,952
Average weekly supply 268
Average number of old people supplied 70
As mentioned in my Annual Report for 1961, frozen meals are now
supplied. This scheme has been running for sixteen months to everyone's
satisfaction.
To cover the weekend, voluntary helpers take homemade soup to old
people just out of hospital or too ill to eat solid food. This excellent