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The following services are under the direction of the local Area Welfare Officer,
Mr. C. N. Austwick, 36, Woodhouse Road, N.12. (HILlside 2822):—
(a) Admittance to residential accommodation through reasons of age and infirmity.
(b) Provision of temporary accommodation for persons rendered homeless through
eviction, fire or flood.
(c) Welfare of the physically handicapped (day to day supervision by welfare
visitor).
(d) Welfare of the blind and partially sighted (day to day supervision by home
teacher).
A handicraft class for the blind is held once a fortnight on Tuesdays at 2.30 p.m. at
Christchurch Hall, High Road, N.12; and on the alternate Tuesday a social club is
held at St. Mary's Church Hall, Hendon Lane, N.3, in the afternoon. A work centrc
for handicapped persons is open in the mornings from Monday to Friday at the Hendon
Ex-Service Men's Club, Heriot Road, N.W.4.
Details of the County Council and registered (non-profit making) voluntary old
people's homes are as follows:—
County Council :
" Beach Lodge," 66, Hendon Lane, N.3. FINchley 5522. 35 women.
" Meadowside," 58, Holden Road, N.12. HILlside 7816. 22 women.
Voluntary:
" Fairlight," 51, Woodside Avenue, N.12. HILlside 1513. 20 mixed.
French Memorial Home, 13, Nether Street, N.12. HILlside 4353. 20 mixed.
Woodside Home, Lake View Drive, N.20. HILlside 1127. 42 women.
Nazareth House, 162, East End Road, N.2. TUDor 1104. 59 mixed.
For blind residents :
Vernon House, The Bishop's Avenue, N.2. SPEedwell 2130. 42 mixed.
For Jewish residents only :
Leo Baeck House, The Bishop's Avenue, N.2. SPEedwell 9806. 43 mixed.
Osmond House, The Bishop's Avenue, N.2. MEAdway 1185. 30 mixed.
Heinrich Stahl House, The Bishop's Avenue, N.2. MEAdway 3474. 54 mixed.
Hammerson House, The Bishop's Avenue, N.2. MEAdway 4523. 30 mixed.
AMBULANCE SERVICE
A series of ambulances and sitting case cars is maintained by the Middlesex
County Council.
In cases of emergency, dial 999. In other cases, ambulances should be obtained
through the family doctor or hospital.
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