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Terms of Reference:
(1) The Committee shall consist of 15 members of the Council.
(2) The administration of the powers and duties of the Council
under the National Health Service Act, 1946, the National
Assistance Acts, 1948, 1951 and 1962, and related legislation
as follows:—
(a) the welfare of the aged, the blind, the deaf, the dumb,
the crippled and the handicapped, including the employment
of, and grants to, voluntary organisations for aged
or disabled persons' welfare;
(b) the provision of residential and temporary accommodation
for the aged and the sick, including accommodation
in premises maintained by voluntary organisations;
(c) the registration and inspection of disabled and aged
persons' homes;
(d) social visiting of the sick and aged;
(e) the burial and cremation of dead persons where no
suitable alternative arrangements are being made.
(f) temporary protection for property of persons admitted to
hospitals;
(g) the provision and management of workshops and other
occupational centres for the disabled and aged.
(h) arrangements in connection with luncheon clubs and
mobile and other meals services for the sick and aged;
(i) the provision of, and assistance with, social, entertainment,
recreation and other amenities for the sick and the
aged, including the disabled and physically handicapped,
together with facilities (whether within or outside the
Borough) for the provision of holiday accommodation
either directly by the Council or through other agencies;
(j) the provision and management of homes for unmarried
mothers;
(k) the provision, regulation and management of such accommodation
for the homeless as may be allocated for the
accommodation of persons or families who might be
received or accommodated on a temporary or transfer
basis in the exercise of the Council's statutory responsibilities
under the National Assistance and associated
Acts.