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SECTION 4
GENERAL
MEALS ON WHEELS
The entire Borough is covered by a Meals on Wheels
service to deliver hot meals to old people who have
difficulty in providing them for themselves. Meals are
cooked centrally and delivered by van in heated containers.
In the Ealing and Hanwell area this is operated by
the British Red Cross Society. Meals are delivered from
two to five times weekly and the number of old people
served is 75. The total number of meals delivered last
year was 14,000.
In the Greenford, Perivale and Northolt areas the
service is operated by the Womens Voluntary Service. The
number of old people being so helped at the end of the
year was 72, each receiving two meals per week. The total
number of meals delivered last year was 7,488.
CHIROPODY
There has been a Chiropody Service for the elderly in
the Borough since 1956, and it has been operated by the
British Red Cross Society since February,, 1958. This has
been done with the assistance of a grant from the Borough
Council under Section 31 of the National Assistance Act.
The scheme has functioned extremely satisfactorily
and a large number of old people receive treatment throughout
the Borough. At present Chiropody is available as
follows:-
Clinics
Cherington House, Cherington Road, Hanwell, W.7.
Greenford Green, Wadham Gardens, Greenford.
Islip Manor, Eastcote Lane, Northolt.
Laurel House, Windmill Road, Ealing, W. 5.
Mattock Lane, 13 Mattock Lane, Ealing, W. 5.
Community Centres
Northolt-Manor House, Church Road, Northolt,
Greenford.
Northfields-71 Northcroft Road, Ealing, W. 13.
Perivale-Horsenden Lane South, Perivale,
Greenford.
Almshouses
St. Mary's Almshouses, Church Gardens, Ealing, W.5.