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apart from the value in the Borough, has served to emphasise the
value of employment within the reduced capacity of elderly persons
in preserving their well being and health.
The Nurse/Visitor was available for consultation by the aged
persons about their various problems, and all those known to the
department were visited regularly during the year. Every effort was
made to give them help and encouragement in looking after themselves.
There were no cases for Compulsory Removal under the National
Assistance Acts.
Finsbury Old People's Welfare Committee
This Committee brings together in deliberation representatives
of the various Statutory Bodies and Voluntary Organisations
providing facilities for the elderly in Finsbury, and provides under
its auspices services as under:
Domiciliary Chiropody Service.
This service is provided for those aged persons who are unable
by reason of senility, chronic sickness, etc., to attend personally the
Foot Clinic at the Health Centre, and has proved of great benefit to
the elderly.
201 visits were paid during 1953. There is no charge to the aged.
The ages of the persons visited ranged from 63 to 94 years.
There is no doubt that the Committee is to be congratulated on
providing this service which meets a long felt need and helps the
aged and infirm to get about and do things for themselves.
It is interesting to record that during the year numerous
voluntary donations of small amounts were received by the Committee
from aged persons receiving domiciliary chiropody service, as an
expression of their appreciation of the service provided and the
benefits secured.
Mending Scheme for the Aged.
This Scheme provides in association with the Finsbury
Employment Scheme for the Elderly a Mending Service for the aged.
There is a definite need for this srevice which effects repairs to such