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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 under the National
Assistance Act, 1948, have been afforded to persons residing within
the Borough of Ilford during the year 1963:-
(1) Residential and Temporary Accommodation
(a) Number of Ilford residents provided with residential accommodation
at 31.12.63:- 231.
(Aged - 197, Mentally Infirm — 2, Blind — 12, Others - 20)
(b) Aged persons admitted to hostels and other residential
establishments in 1963:- 58.
(c) Other persons admitted to residential accommodation in
1963:- 1.
(d) Persons admitted to temporary accommodation:- Adults 12;
Children 28— 40.
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 Borough in their special
accommodation for old people at Stoneleigh Court.
(2) Blind Persons
The numbers of registered blind, partially sighted anddefective
sighted persons resident in the Borough as at 31st December, 1963,
were as follows:-
(i) Registered as blind 267
(ii) Partially sighted 79
(iii) Defective sighted 12
all of whom were under the supervision of the County Council s
Home Teachers. During the year 5 blind residents participated in the