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Holidays. The Committee's first holiday scheme was launched
this year, and eighty-four members from various Clubs enjoyed a
week's holiday at Bexhill at the low fee of £2 12s. 6d., excluding fare.
The members travelled all together by coach. The scheme was a great
success. All the hotel and boarding house proprietors made every
effort to make the week's stay really happy and comfortable, and the
old people were very appreciative of all the kindness shown to them.
It is hoped that an even greater number of members will be able to
participate in the scheme next year.
Visitors' Panel. During the year, a visiting panel has been
formed to cover most of the Urban District."
The Chairman of this Committee is Councillor Miss B. H. James,
J.P., and the Secretary, Mrs. A. L. Arlidge, 21, Selborne Road, Sidcup.
British Red Cross Society.
The Chislehurst and Sidcup division of the British Red Cross
Society has detachments at Chislehurst, Sidcup (2), Mottingham, and
also at Petts Wood and Orpington (serving the St. Paul's Cray L.C.C.
Estate), with cadet units and associate groups. The Divisional Office
is at Hornbrook House, High Street, Chislehurst.
The objects of this Society are the care of the sick and wounded
in peace and war, the improvement of health, the prevention of disease
and the mitigation of suffering.
In addition to first aid duties and regular auxiliary nursing in the
hospitals of the neighbourhood, the men and women of the Society's
detachments are engaged in a number of local welfare activities which
include the Hospital Library Service, diversional therapy for the
home-bound, home visiting of the sick, hospital needlework and hopfield
dispensaries.
A first aid hut is open at Ruxley Corner, Footscray, on Sundays
and public holidays during the summer, and four depots are operated
at all times for the loan of invalid and sick room equipment. Personnel
assist in staffing at local clinics and at the periodical blood transfusion
sessions.
The division is responsible for the recruitment and initial instruction
of untrained volunteers for the National Hospital Service Reserve,
and undertake the basic first aid training of volunteers for the Civil
Defence Corps.
Membership of the adult detachments is open to men and women
between the ages of sixteen and sixty-five.