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COUNTY WELFARE SERVICES
Mr. Walter E. Boyce, 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 1961:—
(1) Residential Accommodation
(a) Number of domiciliary visits undertaken 341
(b) Number of applications received 88
(c) Admitted to hostels and other residential
establishments 35
(d) Number of Romford residents in residential
accommodation at 31.12.61 128
(2) Temporary Accommodation (Homeless Families, etc.)
(a) Domiciliary visits by Family Case Workers, etc. 383
(b) Number of applications (including references
from Borough Council) 45
(c) Number of cases admitted to temporary
accommodation 6
(3) Special Housing for Old People
The County Council make contributions towards the cost of
welfare services and amenities provided by the Borough in their
special housing accommodation for old people.
(4) Blind Persons
The number of registered blind, partially sighted and defective
sighted persons resident in the Borough on the 31st December,
1961, was as follows:—
(a) Registered as blind 147
(b) Partially sighted 43
(c) Defective sighted 8
all of whom came under the supervision of the County Council's
Home Teachers.
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