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Recruitment to the service is a matter of careful selection as there is always a list of
women willing to be domestic helps and every care must be taken to engage the right
type of worker for this very worthwhile service.
A training course is held twice a year at Chelmsford and its instruction is very much
appreciated by the home helps who attend. This year two attended.
It is not generally realised how much personal care and attention is given by home
helps outside working hours, and the organiser hears from an outside source that weekend
meals have been provided by a home help and taken to a sick person in need. Many
times, too, the more able-bodied old folk have been collected by the home helps and
taken to their own homes for a change and a little companionship.
No report would be complete without a mention of the visit to the London Palladium
and a Christmas Party for the staff which was held in Oxlow Lane Clinic. Both these
activities were well supported and very much enjoyed by everyone.
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