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Home Workers' Scheme operated through the agency of the Royal
London Society for the Blind, and 2 were employed in Workshops for
the Blind. In addition, 32 blind and 10 partially sighted persons
were employed in open industry. During 1061, 2 blind residents in
the Borough were admitted to homes for the blind.
(3) Deaf or Dumb and other Handicapped Classes
The Welfare Committee of the County Council has continued to
develop its activities in respect of welfare services for permanently
and substantially handicapped persons (other than blind, to which
reference is made above) as provided for under Section 29 of the
National Assistance Act, 1948; in addition to direct provision such
as special equipment on loan, grants have been made towards the
cost of structural adaptations to premises to meet special needs,
etc., the fullest co-operation has been maintained with specialised
organisations in this field of welfare services, many of these bodies
acting as the Council's agents in this connection.
323 handicapped persons in the Borough of 11 ford have registered
with the Welfare Department. They are visited by officers appointed
to assist them with handicrafts and individual needs. Many of them
attend the Occupational Centres for the handicapped at Barking and
IIford, the latter being opened in mid-1961."
In I]ford the scheme for other handicapped persons, so far as
voluntary action is concerned, has been delegated to a Sub-Committee
of the IIford Social Service Association of which the Medical Officer of
Health is Chairman.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948.
(a) Section 47 provides for the removal of persons to hospital who
are unable to devote to themselves proper care and attention.
Two persons were dealt with during the year. They were females
aged 72 and 87 years, respectively.
(b) Section 50 requires a Local Authority to arrange for the burial or
cremation of a person who has died or been found dead, and where it
appears to the Local Authority no suitable arrangements are being
made for the disposal of the body.
The burials of five persons were dealt with during the year:a
male, aged 77, who died at King George Hospital; a male, aged 84,