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BECKENHAM HOME SAFETY COMMITTEE
This voluntary Committee has been in existence for some years
and its members represent those local organisations best able to advise
on measures of accident prevention in the home.
It is not a Committee of the Authority but receives an annual
grant from the Accident Prevention Committee. Other funds are
extremely small and consist of voluntary donations. Funds are used
to purchase posters, leaflets and other publicity material from the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. Since 1955 it has
published a handbook containing information on emergency services,
first aid, the safe use of electricity in the home, the safe use of household
appliances and general safety measures in the home. It organises
competition essays on home safety among local school children and
arranges the distribution of leaflets and posters to schools, shops,
libraries and to organisations concerned with the welfare of the
elderly. The Committee meets every two months and is composed of
representatives of the following :—
Accident Prevention Committee.
Beckenham Hospital.
Conservative Association : Women's Advisory Council.
Federation of Townswomen's Guilds : North-West Kent.
Health Department : Beckenham Borough Council.
Health Department : Kent County Council.
Junior Accident Prevention Council.
Kent Fire Brigade.
London Electricity Board.
Labour Party : Women's Section.
Local Press.
Pharmaceutical Society : West Kent Branch.
Ratepayers' and Residents' Associations.
Soroptomists.
South Eastern Gas Board.
Women's Citizens' Association.
Women's Co-operative Guild.
Women's Gas Federation.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948—SECTION 47
Under Section 47 of the above Act, as amended by the National
Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1951, persons suffering from grave
chronic disease, or who are aged, infirm or physically handicapped,
and who are living in insanitary conditions and unable to devote to
themselves, and not receiving from other persons, proper care and
attention, may be compulsorily removed.
No cases were reported for action during the past year.
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