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FULHAM OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE COMMITTEE
The Fulham Old People's Welfare Committee is a co-ordinating and advisory body set up for
the furtherance of old people's welfare in the Borough of Fulham. It is a voluntary organisation
which has as its members, representatives of authorities and organisations concerned with the
welfare of the aged.
The following information on some of the Committee's activities has been supplied by
Mr. C.F. Thatcher, LL.B., Honorary Secretary. Close liaison is maintained with the Health Department,
through Mr. J. Burton, Chief Clerk of the Health Department who is Assistant Secretary to
the Committee.
CHIROPODY
Clinics
The demand for this service continues to grow and replies to a questionnaire on Services
for the Elderly distributed to all households in the Borough in July 1963, revealed that this was
the service most in demand.
The London County Council run Chiropody Clinics at:-
133, Fulham Palace Road, W. 6.
706, Fulham Road, S.W.6.
18/20, Bagley's Lane, S.W.6.
To supplement these, the Old People's Welfare Committee have clinics at:-
Bishop Creighton House, 378, Lillie Road, S.W.6.
British Red Cross H.Q., 52, New Kings Road, S.W.6.
The London County Council pays most of the cost of these two clinics.
In November, two extra half-day sessions were started at both these premises and the number
of treatments provided from the 1st January, 1963 to 31st December, 1963, was as follows:-
British Red Cross 1,024 (685 in 1962)
Bishop Creighton House 819 (680 in 1962)
DOMICILIARY
This service is arranged for those who are housebound, the cost being shared between the
London County Council and the Old People's Welfare Committee. The number of visits increased
from 654 in 1962, to 711 in 1963.
CLOTHING AND BEDDING
Requests for clothing from needy Old Age Pensioners are referred to the W.V.S. who supplied
five persons with suitable garments during the year. At Christmas, the Licensee of 'The Glen'
public house, collected £30 and kindly gave it to be spent on the Elderly. It was used to purchase
blankets for 18 elderly persons in need.
CHRISTMAS PARCELS SCHEME
A generous donation by His Worship the Mayor, Councillor A.H. Little, J.P., of £300, and a
further donation from the Old People's Welfare Committee, of £100, again made it possible last
Christmas to distribute parcels to elderly Fulham residents living alone.