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98
Number of applications received for
assistance 1,548
Number of cases where Domestic
Helps were provided (including
674 who were having service at
the commencement of the year) 1,772
Number of cases which on investigation
were either not eligible for
assistance or did not require the
service 147
Cases booked but subsequently cancelled
206
Number of cases where, at the end
of the year, a domestic help was
booked to attend in future months
(maternity cases) 71
Other cases awaiting help at end of
year 17
Enquiries incomplete at end of year 9
Cases being served at 31st December,
1959 727
Two training courses, each of two weeks' duration,
were held by the County Council at Chelmsford in 1959.
Three domestic helps from Ilford attended and all were
found to be entirely satisfactory.
PREVENTION OF BREAK-UP OF FAMILIES—
HEALTH OF CHILDREN.- Supervision of the few problem
families in the Area continues, the Health Visitors taking
the leading role and discussing the problems with interested
persons, e.g., General Practitioners, Teachers, Housing
Manager and Psychiatric Social Workers.
Local case conferences are called as necessary.
CONVALESCENT FACILITIES.- The following tables
show the number of persons sent away for convalescence
during 1959.