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GENERAL
We continue to co-operate with other organisations. Last April we were invited
by the notary Club of Hendon to assist in arranging a party for disabled and housebound
elderly people which was given at the Hodford Hall. About 80 were entertained.
We have been asked to help again with a similar party this year. Last September the
Round Table of Hendon organised a day's coach outing to the sea for disabled old
people to which the Committee made a contribution of £22,
In all activities of this kind, where the object is to get the housebound or
severely handicapped out of their homes for a few hours, transport is the limiting
factor. The Committee are most grateful to the volunteer car drivers who give their
services so readily.
Visiting continues to be an important activity and in this we receive ready
help from our constituent organisations and from church welfare committees. Requests
for visits to discuss personal problems are generally handled from the office and
when necessary reports are made to the appropriate Authority, It is clear from information
which we receive that a very large amount of visiting and other social
work is done by the constituent organisations and the churches, and in a Borough as
large as Hendon this is clearly the most satisfactory system. The Committee wish to
express their thanks both to public and voluntary organisations for the willing cooperation
and help which they always receive.
STAFF
There have been no changes since the last Report was presented. The Organising
Secretary and her assistant continue to carry out their duties in a very satisfactory
manner. It will not be possible, for some months, to judge the effects of the
changes in the Chiropody Service, but there seems every reason to expect that a
noticeable increase in administrative and clerical work will result.'*
HENDON OLD PEOPLE'S HOUSING SOCIETY
I am indebted to the Honorary Secretary, Mr. A.E.Harvey of 36 Grampian Gardens,
N.W.2, for the Fourth Annual Report, which describes the work of the Society at
Church Walk House. The Report includes the comments -
"The good general health of the residents over the past years has been maintained,
having regard to the average age o'f 88 years. There has been seven new
admissions. Six residents were sent to hospital and returned; three deaths and five
left for various reasons.
There is still a growing need for Homes. The waiting list of the Middlesex
County Council is over 600, the London County Council list 800. Our own geriatric
unit in Hendon has bed problems of getting patients into Homes after treatment, thus
restricting the intake of new patients requiring treatment, and we do our best to
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