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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 1963
(1) Residential Accommodation
(a) Number of domiciliary visits undertaken 516
(b) Number of applications received 131
(c) Admitted to hostels and other residential
establishments 27
(d) Number of Romford residents in residential
accommodation at 31.12.63 130
(2) Temporary Accommodation (Homeless Families, etc.)
(a) Domiciliary visits by Family Case Workers,
etc. 623
(b) Number of applications (including references
from Borough Council) 60
(c) Number of cases admitted to temporary
accommodation 12
(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 31st December, 1963, was
as follows:—
(a) Registered as blind 54
(b) Partially sighted 36
(c) Defective sighted
all of whom came under the supervision of the County Council's
Home Teachers.
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