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"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 underthe National
Assistance Act, 1948, have been afforded to persons residing
within the Borough of Ilford during the year 1961:-
(1) Residential and Temporary Accommodation
(a) Number of Ilford residents provided with residential accommodation
at 31.12.61:- 261.
(b) Aged persons admitted to hostels and other residential
establishments:- 77.
(c) Other persons admitted to residential accommodation:- Nil.
(d) Persons admitted to temporary accommodation:- Adults 9;
Children 28 =37.
The County Council have two Old People's Homes in Ilford - at
Pegram House, Longhayes Avenue, Marks Gate, accommodating 47
residents, and at Heath Gate, Chadwell Heath Lane, Chadwell
Heath, which accommodates 60 residents. Additionally, an annual
grant is made by the County Council towards the cost of welfare
services and amenities provided by the Rorough 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, 1961,
were as follows:-
(i) Registered as blind 263
(ii) Partially sighted 72
(iii) Defective sighted 20
all of whom were under the supervision of the County Council s
Home Teachers. During the year 6 blind residents participated in the