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COUNTY WELFARE SERVICES
The County Welfare Officer has kindly supplied the following
information:—
The statistics set out below show the extent to which the main
services provided by the County Welfare Committee under the National
Assistance Act, 1948, have been afforded to persons residing within the
Borough of Romford during the year 1960:—
(1) Residential Accommodation
(a) Number of domiciliary visits undertaken 347
(b) Number of applications received 109
(c) Admitted to hostels and other residential
ments 39
(2) Temporary Accommodation (Homeless Families, etc.)
(a) Domiciliary visits by Family Case Workers, etc 352
(b) Number of applications (including references from
Borough Council) 47
(c) Number of cases admitted to temporary
modation 3
(3) Blind Persons
That lumber of registered blind, partially sighted and defective
sighted rsons resident in the Borough on the 31st December, 1960,
was as fc'lows:—
(a) Registered as blind 151
(b) Partially sighted 45
(c) Defective sighted 8
all of whom came under the supervision of the County Council's
Home Teachers.
There were two blind persons in the Home Workers' Scheme
operated through the agency of the Royal Society for the Blind and
three were employed in special workshops for the blind. Additionally,
nine blind and ten partially sighted persons were employed in open
industry; three blind persons from the Borough were admitted to
Homes for the Blind. Occupational and recreational facilities are also
available to the blind and many are taught braille and handicraft.
Specialist officers are employed for the placement of blind persons
in local employment and close co-operation is maintained with
voluntary organisations working for the blind.
(4) Deaf and Dumb and other Handicapped Classes
The Welfare services for physically handicapped persons (other
than blind us mentioned above) as provided by the County Council
under Section 29 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, are available
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