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COUNTY COUNCIL OF ESSEX—WELFARE COMMITTEE
WELFARE SERVICES
Mr. G. E. Pegram, O.B.E., County Welfare Officer, kindly
contributes the following:-
"The statistics set out below 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 1956:—
(1) Residential and Temporary Accommodation.
(a) Admitted to hostels and other residential establishments:
Men, 14; Women 25.
(b) Admitted to temporary accommodation : Men, 2;
Women, 10 ; Children, 20.
(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, 1956, were as follows:—
(i) Registered as blind 255
(ii) Partially sighted 57
(iii) Defective sighted 18
all of whom were under the supervision of the County
Council's home teachers. During the year eight blind residents
participated in the Home Workers' Scheme operated through
the agency of the Royal Society for the Blind, and one blind
resident was employed in a workshop for the blind. In addition,
there were twenty-nine blind and eighteen partially sighted
residents employed in open industry.
(3) Deaf or Dumb and other Handicapped Classes.
"During the year in question the Welfare Committee
continued to develop its activities in respect of welfare services
for handicapped persons (other than Blind as mentioned
above) as provided for under Section 29 of the National
Assistance Act, 1948, with the support of voluntary organisations
acting as the Council's agents in this connection."