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OUTWORKERS - BOROUGH OF WOOLWICH
The last return of outworkers mad by employers of labour in
the Borough and by other local authorities shows that there were
199 persons engaged on this work, compared with 253 in 1957.
Over 70 per cent. of these outworkers are employed by local
firms; the remainder working for firms outside the Borough.
Eighty-six outworkers who live outside the Borough are also
employed by firms inside the Borough.
The Council's woman Public Health Inspector visits the homes
of outworkers periodically to ensure that working conditions are
satisfactory,, Altogether, 214 such visits were made during the
course of the year.
WELFARE CP THE ELDERLY
There is an increasing number of elderly persons on the
Council's list of those requiring periodic visitation. Well over
3,000 visits were made during the year by the Council,s woman
Inspector to the homes of elderly persons who were found to need
some kind of help. In addition, new cases of persons in need of
medical attention or domestic help came to the knowledge of the
Department during the year. Assistance was given in a number of
cases to Medical Practitioners in the removal of persons to more
statable accommodation where the existing home arrangements were not
considered sufficient for the needs of the patient. However, it was
not necessary to take any formal action in the Courts to obtain
compulsory removal in any case.
Once again it was found that the greatest need in the majority
of these cases was more companionship, either visits to the person's
own home or the provision of club facilities.
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