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Red Cross Services available in cases of sickness, disablement and infirmity
from old age.
All enquiries to be directed to Miss F. M. Rochat, Divisional Director, British Red
Cross Society, 172, Regents Park Road, N.3. (FINchley 2588).
OCTOPUS CLUB
The Finchley Borough Council have continued to grant to the Octopus Club the
use of the Indoor Bath at Squires Lane on alternate Sundays from 12.30 p.m. to
2 p.m. The total membership of the Club is about 50 and the average number of
members who attend each session is about 26.
The Club does not confine itself to those who have suffered from Poliomyelitis.
Persons who have suffered from any kind of disablement may attend at the Bath,
providing that each can produce a certificate from his family doctor stating that he is
free from infection and would benefit from attending the swimming sessions. The cases
are collected from a wide area by ambulance and cars (such arrangements being made
by the Infantile Paralysis Fellowship) and are assisted in changing and serving hot
drinks, and also in the water by voluntary helpers, from the British Red Cross Society
and members of various Swimming Clubs. The improvement physically and mentally
has been most marked.
This Club is an excellent illustration of the successful co-operation with and
between the voluntary bodies.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE
93rd Ambulance Division (Men)
Divisional Superintendent: A. T. Dickinson, 49, Ingleway, N.12.
133rd Nursing Division (Women)
Divisional Superintendent: Miss M. K. Watling, 10, Nether Close, N.3.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade can provide special nursing services in the home
under the guidance of the family doctor. Escort duties can also be arranged.
WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICE
308, Regents Park Road, N.3. Telephone: FINchley 2372.
Clothing Depot—at the centre, where garments are received, and distributed by
recommendation to those in need.
Meals on Wheels Service—the distribution on recommendation, of hot dinners to
housebound and disabled persons.
Visiting and shopping undertaken for people in certain Homes. 1914-1918 War
Widows and lonely old people also visited.
Wool blankets made by knitting of six-inch squares from oddments of wool provided
at the centre. Blankets given to the needy.
Women of all ages welcomed to give their services.
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