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directions how to use the card, with space for particulars of
next-of-kin or nearest relative. These cards are distributed
to appropriate old people. Any person seeing one of the cards
in a window is able to summon help from one of the sources given
on the back of the card. The local press have generously
assisted in making this service known.
Grants to Clubs, etc.
Under Section 31 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, the
Council can make contributions to voluntary bodies in respect
of the provision of recreation or meals for old people.
During the year grants were made as follows :-
(a) The Kensington Communal Kitchens Service
were granted £300 as a contribution towards
the cost of operating a Meals-on-Wheels
service in co-operation with the Kensington
Women's Voluntary Services.
(b) Latymer Road Mission Old People's Luncheon
Club were granted £100 towards their general
expenses in providing meals, including
replacement of equipment.
(c) The Dale Old Folks' Club were granted
£15. Os. Od. for the purchase of crockery.
(d) The Merry Makers' Club were granted
£10. Os. Od. for the purchase of crockery.
(e) The First Feathers Club were granted
£11+. Os. Od. towards the cost of repairing
chairs.
Holidays
The Council have a scheme under which the Family Welfare
Association co-operate in arranging holidays for old people.
An application for a holiday is made to the Medical Officer of
Health, who investigates the applicant's circumstances, and an
assessment is made in accordance with an approved scale of the
contribution towards the expenses which the old person is required
to make. When the application is approved it is referred to the
Family Welfare Association, who make all the arrangements for a
holiday. The Association, apply to the Council for reimbursement
of expenses after deducting the contribution from the old person.
Block bookings of ground and first floor rooms for June were
made at two holiday homes, Lennox House, Southsea, and St. Mary's
Home, Dover. Private coaches were hired to take the old people
to and from these homes, and convenient assembly points in the
borough arranged. The Family Welfare Association undertook the
work, including the bookings at the holiday homes and the hire of
the coaches, and the Council paid towards their administrative
expenses the sum of five shillings for each person (or man and wife)
for whom a holiday was arranged.
The following is a summary of work carried out in 1955:-