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having on the average a weekly attendance of 240 by the end
of the year. Altogether during the year 423 members came to
the club. Because of the Members' ages and infirmities, the
annual loss through deaths and serious disablement is high,
but despite this there was, at the end of the year, a waiting
list of 69 people, for whom there was little prospect of a
vacancy until the end of the summer.
The club continued to provide services such as chiropody,
bathing, hairdressing and shopping for the members, but a
full expansion of some of these services is hampered by a
lack of helpers with the requisite skills. Handicrafts have
been encouraged and two very successful sales of members'
work were held during the year. Other activities have included
ten outings two for each club day in the summer of 1958
and a party for each club day at Christmas, at one of which
the club was honoured by the presence of His Worship the
Mayor of Lambeth,
Work Centres
There are now 60 people attending regularly the two
centres situated at 58, Lansdowne Way, S. W. 8 and 28, Chester
Way, S. S. 11. Of these 53 are women and 7 are men.
Work for the women has been much easier to find and
amongst the contracts there are four regular orders which
are expected to last well into the future.
These include packing, carding and labelling as well as
darning for a theatrical costumier. Repairing of overalls
and threading of thousands of text cards for the Overseas
Mission have also been undertaken.
The men are employed making seed boxes and contracts
have also been promised for these.
Regular contacts with local hospitals are maintained
and three out patients from therapy and psychiatric wards,
as well as one hospital in-patient, were assisted during the
year.
Several students from India, Pakistan and South Africa
have visited the centres during the year and one tutorial
class was held.