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96
Number of applications received for assistance 1,484
Number of cases where domestic helps were
provided (including 1,087 who were having
service at the commencement of the year) 2,289
Number of cases which on investigation were
either not eligible for assistance or did not
require the service 119
Cases booked but subsequently cancelled 67
Cases cancelled before investigation 22
Number of cases where, at the end of the year,
a domestic help was booked to attend in
future months (maternity cases) 61
Other cases awaiting help at end of year 12
Enquiries incomplete at end of year 1
Cases being served at 31st December, 1964 1,230
The County Council have authorised the provision of free domestic
help service in all cases where a doctor certifies an expectant mother as
suffering from toxaemia of pregnancy and such assistance is medically
necessary. During 1964 service was given in seven cases under this
arrangement.
Three training courses of two weeks' duration, were held by the
County Council at Chelmsford in 1964. Three domestic helps from Ilford
attended and all were found to be entirely satisfactory.
In addition during 1964, three local In-Service Training Courses for
Domestic Helps were arranged, each course consisting of six sessions,
held from 2 to 4.30 p.m. on Tuesdays at Cecil Hall, Granville Road, Ilford.
The first course at which 45 Domestic Helps attended commenced on
7th January, 1964. The second and third courses attended by 43 and 36
Domestic Helps commenced on 25th February, 1964 and 7th April, 1964
respectively.
NIGHT ATTENDANCE SERVICE.- The service for supplying
night attendants to give some relief to those people called upon to sit up
constantly at night with sick relatives or friends, or to help sick persons
with no one to whom to turn for such assistance, has continued. This is
integrated with the domestic help service and controlled by the two fulltime
organisers under the general direction of the Area Medical Officer.
Details during 1964 are as follows:—