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Fireguards
Fireguards continue to be available on loan without charge to
necessitous households where there are children under twelve years
of age, or elderly, handicapped or blind people.
Thirty-nine were issued during 1969, compared with twenty-nine
in 1968. Some of these were of a type specially designed for use
with oil heaters and others of nursery pattern suited to meet
circumstances in particular homes.
BOROUGH CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE
Three meetings and two extraordinary meetings of the Borough
Co-ordinating Committee were held during 1969. Subjects discussed
included the preparation of a manual of guidance for staff on the work
of various Services and Departments of the Council and the Inner
London Education Authority; the development of in-service training
for new members of staff, and the N.S.P.C.C. Battered Child Research
Project. The problems of some forty (fifty-five) families causing
concern to statutory and voluntary services in the borough were
considered at Case Conferences in order to co-ordinate the services
already working on their behalf and to consider whether further help
was needed.
The casework staff has been restored to its full strength during
the year with two full-time caseworkers in post at 31st December, 1969;
their services continued to be augmented with part-time family casework
by the Assistant Principal Social Worker and another social worker. At
the 31st December, 1969, 31 families with 125 children (23 families,
with 97 children) were being given this kind of support.
Close liaison continued to be maintained with the Family Welfare
Association and the West London Family Service Unit. Grants made to
these two bodies were £1,900 (£1,600) and £3,575 (£3,000). Details of
their work in respect of families resident in the borough are as follows:-
Family Service Unit
Family Welfare Association
On 1st
January, 1969
Added during year
Withdrawn during
year
on 31st
December, 1969
No. of families
with whom
caseworkers
were working
No. of
children
in
families
No. of families
with whom
caseworkers
were working
No. of
children
in
families
56
21
20
57
226
77
66
237
74
79
55
98
151
75
52
174