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Surrey County Council - Welfare Department
This service is concerned with the welfare of aged, physically
and mentally infirm, "blind and partially sighted, deaf
and dumb, epileptic and crippled persons and the provision of
temporary accommodation for persons in urgent need thereof.
The address of the Welfare Officer for the Borough is 35,
Goombe Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, (Kingston 4402).
Surrey County Council - Social and Geriatric Services,
For the old people Social and Geriatric Services are developing.
Much is done for them by voluntary associations and
many who are relatively fit in mind and body enjoy a fully
active and interesting life enlivened by visits to Clubs,
Meetings and other recreational activities provided by these
voluntary associations.
For those who are beginning to fail and are deemed to
require assistance to help them to maintain themselves in
their own homes all the resources of the Divisional Health
Services are available as required and much help from home
helps, district nurses and health visitors as well as from
voluntary agencies is given.
For those who need more in the way of medical or nursing
care and cannot maintain themselves in their own homes the
services of a physician and special health visitors and
social workers are available from Kingston Hospital.
The main purpose of this arrangement is rehabilitation.
The social worker or the physician visits the home and
assesses the need and urgency for a short stay in one of the
appropriate hospitals.
The family doctor is usually the person who first seeks
assistance from the Home Help Supervisor, "but all enquiries
on behalf of needy old people may be made to the Divisional
Health Headquarters, The Health Centre, Grange Road,
Kingston-upon-Thames, (Kingston 7261).
The County Welfare Committee provides considerable services
for the aged. These include different types of
residential accommodation and many domiciliary and advisory
services,,
The County Council also makes grants to voluntary organisations
towards initial expenses of buying and equipping
properties.
Surrey County Council - Children's Department.
This Department discharges responsibility for the welfare
of children who have been deprived of a normal home life.
It has important functions in connection with child life
protection and adoption and deals with children taken into
or committed to the care of the County Council, supervision
of foster children, child neglect etc0 The Children's
Officer for the Borough works from the County Hall, Penrhyn
Road, Kingston-upon-Thames,
Surrey Executive Council.
This body is responsible for the provision under the
National Health Service Act of the general practitioner,
Cental (other than Local Health Authority provision for
expectant and nursing mothers, young children), pharmaceutical
and supplementary ophthalmic services. The headquarters
of the Council is at 187, Ewell Road, Surbiton,
Surrey, (Elmbridge 5723).