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PUBLIC BATHS - RED CROSS SERVICE TO ELDERLY AND INFIRM: The Red
Cross have continued to provide a Red Cross Nurse each week at the Public
Baths, Knights Lane, Edmonton, N.9. to assist elderly and infirm old
people attending the Slipper Baths. The Edmonton Borough Council have
provided special safety rails in two baths to assist the aged person in
getting in and out of the bath.
Whilst this service is greatly appreciated, full use is not made
of these excellent facilities, and wider publicity would be appreciated,
especially by the Old People's Clubs.
OTHER SERVICES: The work of the Radio Repair Service has been,
we hope temporarily, suspended, but we are grateful to Martin's Radio
Limited, The Broadway, Edmonton, N.9. for their help and kindness in
dealing with emergency cases.
During the year the members of the Association, particularly
the Women's Voluntary Service and the Old People's Clubs, have played
their part in His Worship the Mayor's World Refugee Year Appeal, especially
in collecting for the Mammoth Jumble Sale, with excellent results.
All the other services are working satisfactorily, but there is
plenty of opportunity for more voluntary workers.
CONCLUSION: The Association, working through the Executive
Committee, can be justly proud of its achievements during the past year.
With its wide representation of its interests in the field of social
welfare, they have their finger on the pulse of the need for these
services in the Borough of Edmonton, and their importance for the social
well-being of the people they serve.
Working together as a team for the common good, the Association
and its affiliated organisations go forward with confidence to face the
problems of another year, and by maintaining and expanding the services
it provides, thereby rightly earns the place it has now in the field of
social welfare.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
The Association wish to acknowledge and offer its sincere thanks
to: -
The Chairman and Directors of BOVRIL; the Chairman and
Directors of OVALTINE, and the Chairman and Directors of MARMITE, for
their special concessions to the Association, and their prompt and
courteous attention at all times.
The members of the Edmonton Branch of the London and Provincial
Hairdressers' Association for their work in the 'Hairdressing Service'.
The Head Teachers, Staff and Pupils of the schools in Edmonton
for their many gifts which give so much pleasure to the old people.
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