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Sightseeing outings, shopping expeditions, trips to the country or
the coast in one form or another are a weekly occurrence. Concert
parties and other forms of entertainment, including the cinema,
provide a frequent change from radio and television. Combined
parties for staff, residents and friends have been held.
Facilities available to the residents were improved by the
installation of coin-operated telephones in all the Homes after
an initial trial operation at "Weybourne".
Transfer of Residents
Requests continue to be received for residents to be moved from
one Home to another generally to facilitate visiting by their friends
and relatives. During the year, 23 such transfers were arranged.
Staff
Again, recruitment of staff for the Homes continues to give rise
to some anxiety, particularly in supervisory grades and there were
some minor crises.

* London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Voluntary Homes
Visits to Greenwich residents maintained in the following
voluntary homes continue to be made by Officers of the department.