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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 1964:—
(1) Residential and Temporary Accommodation
(a) Number of Ilford residents provided with residential
accommodation at 31.12.64:— 207.
(b) Aged persons admitted to hostels and other residential
establishments in 1964:— 43.
(c) Other persons admitted to residential accommodation in
1964:- 2.
(d) Persons admitted to temporary accommodation:— Adults 7;
Children 14 = 21.
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 and further purpose built
homes are envisaged in the ten-year plan. 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) B1ind Persons
The numbers of registered blind, partially sighted and defective
sighted persons resident in the Borough as at 31st December,
1964 were as follows:—