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earned the British Red Cross, Edmonton, the gratitude of its patients.
As a token of appreciation for the special services given by the Red
Cross to old people, the Edmonton Welfare Association has made a grant of
£100 to the British Red Cross Society, Edmonton.
(xii) Public Baths-Red Cross Service to the Elderly and Infirm
The British Red Cross have continued to provide both a Male and Female
Nurse each week at the Public Baths, Knights Lane, Edmonton, N.9, to assist
elderly people and infirm old people attending the Slipper Baths. The
Edmonton Borough Council have provided special safety rails in two baths,
which are greatly appreciated.
Further publicity of these facilities which are available would be appreciated
at Old People's Clubs, whose members have difficulty owing to age or
infirmity in having a bath.
(xiii) Other Services and Activities
Radio Repair Service: This excellent work is now operated by Martin's
Radio Limited, Edmonton, and we are grateful to Mr. Jolly and his staff for
their unfailing help and kindness in the repair of radio sets for old people.
Easter Gifts and Harvest Festival Gifts: The Association are grateful
to the school children and their parents, for the wonderful array of eggs,
fruit, flowers, vegetables, groceries etc., which they send us for distribution
to the old people. The many letters of thanks received at the schools show how
much the old people appreciate the kindly thoughts of the young people.
'Budgies' for Lonely Old People: This is a new scheme that has already
brought happiness to a number of lonely old people through the kindness of the
members of the Edmonton Cage Birds' Society. In thanking the Society for their
generous gifts, we also thank the kind people who sent us cages.
Gas Cookers for Handicapped Persons: In co-operation with the Eastern
Gas Board, The Broadway, Edmonton, we have dealt with a number of applications
for a special type of gas cooker for handicapped old people. This is a first
class scheme with little or no cost to many of the old people, and its importance
should be more widely known.
Despite the activities of the Association there are still many old people
who live alone and many more who are lonely in one way or another. However,
the Council and the Association hope to provide further services in the coming
years which may reduce their burdens.
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