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197
National Health Service—
General Practitioner 732
Hospital or Clinic 657
Ophthalmic (Domiciliary) 62
Dental (Domiciliary) 21
Other Services—
British Red Cross Society 59
Church or Club 169
Education 278
Ministry of Labour 161
Ministry of Social Security 318
N.S.P.C.C. 21
Probation Officer 59
Radio—Wireless for the Bedridden 33
Radio—Wireless for the Blind 25
Talking Book 27
T.V. (Vol. Schemes) 87
Voluntary Helper 152
Voluntary Society of Agency (Misc.) 562
W.R.V.S 23
Task Force
Established in July, "Task Force" commenced operations in
the Borough during August of the current year.
This organisation, with a permanent H.Q. Staff, engages in work
supplementary to the services offered by the department. In the
main, its members are young and enthusiastic volunteers who, so
far, have co-operated successfully with our officers. It is still too
early to estimate the true value of the field work carried out by
"Task Force" but 1969 will present a better opportunity for a more
realistic assessment of its activities which, it must be remembered,
are not confined to those involving the Community Care Branch.
Referrals to "Task Force" by the Community Care Branch (and
other sources in the area with similar health and welfare aims) are
given in the accompanying tables together with results as known.
These statistics do not represent the total work undertaken by
"Task Force" but only those in respect of cases falling within the
scope of this department.