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made to the Department. Each applicant was required to contribute
a small amount towards the cost, normally 10s. 0d., but varied
slightly in 11 cases. Arrangements were then made for the holiday
at one or other of the four following holiday homes:—
Eastwood Lodge, Rayleigh, Essex.
Fairlawn, Herne Bay.
Singholm, Walton-on-the-Naze.
Whitechapel Mission Holiday Home, Southend.
A grant was made to each of these homes to cover the cost including
the railway fare and their necessary travelling expenses, less that
amount which the individual was required to contribute.
In this way a holiday was provided for 121 persons comprising
6 married couples, 33 men and 76 women, at a total cost to the
Council of £550.
A number of minor difficulties were experienced in the initiation
of the Scheme, some of them due to the fact that it was already
late before the details were formulated and approved. On the whole,
however, the Scheme proved an unqualified success as was evidenced
by the large number of appreciative letters received, and in other
ways.
I am more than satisfied that the arrangements not only brought
much pleasure to many elderly and perhaps lonely persons but
aided materially in maintaining their physical and mental health.