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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Kensington and Chelsea 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]

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provision of aids and appliances and adaptations in the home; holidays;
home chiropody treatment; meals-on-wheels; mobile library service; a
laundry service in certain cases of chronic illness; handicraft
instruction and special services to the blind, including the teaching
of Braille and Moon type.
During the year, 12,756 initial and follow-up visits were made in
connection with the above services and in respect of applications for
admissions to homes, voluntary visitors, clubs and centre membership and
other miscellaneous services. In addition, 1,373 persons were interviewed
at head office.

Table: Voluntary organisations make a significant contribution in respect of specific services and these are supported by the Council with financial assistance. During the year, the following grants were made:-

Voluntary organisations make a significant contribution in respect of specific services and these are supported by the Council with financial assistance. During the year, the following grants were made:-

£sd
(1) British Epilepsy Association2500
(2) Cecil Homes47000
(3) Corby Development Corporation4000
(4) London Free Church Council7500
(5) Papworth Village Settlement5500
(6) St. Joseph's Almshouses10000
(7) Servite Houses10000
(8) Task Force (1964) Limited2,15000
(9) Voluntary Hostels Conference20000
(10) National Library for the Blind12000
(11) Royal National Institute for the Blind Talking Books1000
(12) Southern Regional Association for the Blind7500
(13) The Kensington and Chelsea Communal Services Committee6,88000
(14) The Kensington Day Centre Limited5,31000
(15) Kensington and Chelsea Old People's Welfare Committee3,23000

Table: It will be of interest to note that Kensington and Chelsea Old People's Welfare Committee made the following grants from its funds:-

It will be of interest to note that Kensington and Chelsea Old People's Welfare Committee made the following grants from its funds:-

£sd
(a) Chelsea Women's Institute11100
(b) Chelsea Housing Improvement Society1500
(c) The National Old People's Welfare Council550
(d) West London Angling Competitors' Committee500

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WELFARE OF THE BLIND.
Definition of Blindness.
The statutory definition for the purposes of registration as a