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No application for a licence was received during 1959.
(viii) NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948.- The
County Welfare Officer has kindly supplied me with the
following information.
"The County Welfare Committee is responsible to the
County Council for functions under Part III of the National
Assistance Act, 1948, the main aspects being:-
(a) the provision of residential and temporary accommodation,
and
(b) welfare arrangements for blind and other handicapped
persons.
The following statistics 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 Ilford during the
year 1959:-
(1) Residential and Temporary Accommodation.
(a) Aged persons admitted to hostels and other
residential establishments:- 65
(b) Other persons admitted to residential accommodation:-
1
(c) Persons admitted to temporary accommodation:-
Adults, 2; Children, 6;- 8.
The County Council now have two Old Peoples'
Homes in Ilford-Pegram House, Longhayes Avenue,
Marks Gate, accommodating 47 residents and Heath
Gate, Chadwell Heath Lane, Chadwell Heath which
accommodates 60 residents. Additionally, financial
grant is made by the County Council towards the
cost of Welfare Services and amenities provided by
the Borough in their special accommodation for old
people at Stoneleigh Court.
(2) Blind Persons
The numbers of registered blind, partially sighted
and defective sighted persons resident in the Borough
as at 31st December, 1959, were as follows:-