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COUNTY COUNCIL OF ESSEX—WELFARE COMMITTEE
WELFARE SERVICES
Mr. G. E. Pegram, County Welfare Officer, kindly contributes
the following :—
" 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 Walthamstow
during the year 1954 :—
(1) Residential and Temporary Accommodation.
(a) Admitted to hostels and other residential establishments
: Men, 14 ; Women, 20.
(b) Admitted to temporary accommodation : Men, 8 ;
Women, 12 ; Children 23.
(2) Blind Persons.
The numbers of registered blind, partially sighted and
defective sighted persons resident in the Borough during the
twelve months ended 31st December, 1954, were as follows :—
(i) Registered as blind 214
(ii) Partially sighted 44
(iii) Defective sighted 14
all of whom were under the supervision of Home Teachers.
During the year seven blind persons participated in the Home
Workers' Scheme operated through the agency of the Royal
London Society for the Blind, and one blind person was
employed in the Workshops for the Blind. In addition, there
were twenty-four blind and ten partially sighted persons in
open industry.
" The County Council's Scheme for welfare services for
other handicapped persons, including the deaf and dumb and
those hard of hearing, are now operating with the co-operation
of voluntary organisations specialising in this field of work,
although, at this early stage, it is not possible to provide detailed
statistical information."