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COUNTY COUNCIL OF ESSEX—WELFARE COMMITTEE
WELFARE SERVICES
Mr. W. E. Boyce, 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 1957:—
(1) Residential and Temporary Accommodation.
(a) Admitted to hostels and other residential establish'
ments: Men, 29 ; Women, 24.
(b) Admitted to temporary accommodation : Men, 1;
Women, 5; Children, 16.
(2) Blind Persons.
"The numbers of registered blind, partially sighted and
defective sighted persons resident in the Borough on the
31st December, 1957, were as follows:—
(i) Registered as blind 251
(ii) Partially sighted 49
(iii) Defective sighted 13
all of whom were under the supervision of the County
Council's Home Teachers. On the same date six blind resi'
dents were participating in the Home Workers' Scheme
operated through the agency of the Royal Society for the
Blind, and one was employed in a workshop for the blind.
In addition, there were twentyseven blind and fifteen partially
sighted residents employed in open industry.
(3) Deaf or Dumb and other Handicapped Classes.
"The Welfare Committee has continued to develop its
activities in respect of welfare services for permanently and
substantially handicapped persons (other than blind, as
mentioned above) as provided for under Section 29 of the
National Assistance Act, 1948, and in addition to direct provision
such as special equipment on loan, grants towards the
cost of structural adaptations to meet special needs, etc., the
fullest co'operation has been maintained with specialised
organisations in this field of welfare services, many of these
bodies acting as the Council's agents in this connection."