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Home Safety, First Aid, Home Nursing, Social Services,
Nutrition, Budgeting and Housecraft.
This course was valuable, informative and aroused much
interest amongst the Domestic Helps. It is hoped to develop and
further the training of Domestic Helps in 1964.
A "lighter side of life" for Domestic Helps has also developed
during the past year. Two socials, a theatre outing and the first
Annual Dinner and Dance have been held. These functions were well
attended and have become quite an "attraction" and do much to
minister "espirit de corps".
Right Attendance Service
Allied to the Domestic Heip Service, is the Night Attendance
srvice, which provides attendants to sit in at night with sick,
Alderly persons being nursed at home.
This service has been asked for in 25 cases and assistance
has been provided in 18 cases. In the other cases, due to the very
lecture and dei e of illness, requests were cancelled prior to
vision and consequence a lot of "ground work" was done to
to avail.
The recru ment and/or maintenance of staff in this field is
Doctor, due to th casual, spasmodic and short-term nature of most
during 1963, 3,114 hours of attendance were provided.
Three Nig t Attendants were employed at the end of the year.
Foluntary Associations
As during evious years, the many Voluntary Associations in
Barking have done their 'bit'.
Barking House - the holiday 'home from home' provided by the
Barking Physically Handicapped Association, has permited many
Plsabled folk to benefit from the invigorating air of Clacton.
The "Happy-Go-Lucky" bungalow at Holland-on-Sea has also
Provided simile facilities for those mentally handicapped and, with
he near-by fQrn Jnd their beach hut on the sands, both parents and
children can relax and enjoy a seaside holiday.
Barking Junior Training Centre-Rippleside
During 1963 the staff of this centre have introduced many more
ocial activities into the curriculum of the children. This included,
swimming, physical training, and netball matches with other centres.
my talks have been given to the "senior girls" by various people,
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