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A Meals on Wheels service is provided for the old folk,
run jointly by the Old People's Welfare Association and the
Women's Voluntary Services, over 12,000 meals being delivered
during the year. Four of the clubs include Luncheon Clubs
among their facilities, and provided over 14,000 meals in
1953. Chiropody Clinics are provided at five of the Clubs.
SYDNEY HOUSE HOME FOR THE ELDERLY. BEAUMONT SQUARE, MILE END.
On 27th January, 1954, this new home for old people was
opened in the Borough by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Noel V,
Bowater, Bt., M.C., and the Mayor of Stepney, Councillor
J.P.Long, J.P.
This .home, which accommodates 36 men and women from all
parts of London, began to take in residents on 9th June, 1953?
and was built by a housing association known as the London
Homes for the Elderly Limited, This association received
grants from the Lord Mayor's National Air Raid Distress Fund
and from.the National Corporation for the Care of Old People,
The management committee of the home has on it representatives
of the London County Council and the Metropolitan
Boroughs,
Most of the old persons admitted are eligible under the
terms of the National Assistance Act, 1948, and apart from
any contribution made by them the maintenance cost in these
cases is paid by the London County Council as welfare
authority.
The- secretariat of the home is provided by the National
Corporation for the Care of Old People. The home is in the
charge of a Matron who is a State Registered Nurse.
The National Corporation for the Care of Old People was
established under the Nuffield Foundation, and the London
Homes for the Elderly Limited is a housing association
established under the National Corporation for the express
purpose of providing homes for elderly persons.
Photographs of the Home appear opposite page 7.
FREE WASHING FACILITIES.
An increasing number of tho public used tho free
washing facilities provided by the Borough Council in
public conveniences, some 42,000 free washes being taken
during the year. This service was established in order to
promote food and personal hygiene and cleanliness,
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