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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 provided to persons
residing within the Borough of Walthamstow during the year
1958:—
(1) Residential and Temporary Accommodation.
(a) The number of residents from the Borough of Walthamstow
in residential accommodation provided by or on behalf of
the County Council on the 31st December, 1958 was 173
(men 64, women 109), of whom 22 men and 31 women
were admitted during 1958.
(b) Admitted to temporary accommodation :
Nine cases involving: men 1
women 8
children 21
(2) Deaf and Dumb and Other Handicapped Classes.
"The Welfare Committee has continued to develop the welfare
services for permanently and substantially handicapped persons
other than blind (about whom reference is made below) as provided
for under Section 29 of the National Assistance Act, 1948. In
addition to direct provision, such as special equipment on loan,
grants towards the cost of structural alterations to meet special
needs and assistance with holidays—under expert supervision—the
fullest co-operation has been continued with specialised organisations
in this field of welfare service, many of these bodies acting as the
Council's agents in this connection. The register of handicapped
persons, maintained by the Department, contained the names of
115 residents of the Borough at 31st December, 1958.
(3) Blind Persons.
"The number of registered blind, partially sighted and defective
sighted persons resident in the Borough on the 31st December, 1958
were as follows:—
(a) Registered blind 253
(b) Partially sighted 59
(c) Defective sighted 15