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(b) Waiting list for accommodation in homes for the elderly at 31st December, 1965
MALE
FEMALE
List "A" - priority grading
14
44
List 1 - persons residing at private addresses
30
117
List 2 - persons in hospitals and private homes
wishing to be transferred
11
40
List 3 - persons in areas outside Waltham Forest
wishing to be accommodated within this
authority
5
18
List 4 - persons residing in Waltham Forest
wishing to be accommodated by another
authority
2
7
Total
62
226
HOMELESS FAMILIES HOSTEL
Nine families were provided with accommodation during the period 1.4.1965 to 31.12.1965.
Of these, four were rehoused by the Council and one found other accommodation leaving four still
in Hostel accommodation at the end of the year.
MEALS-ON-WHEELS AND LUNCHEON CLUBS
MEALS-ONWHEELS
LUNCHEON CLUBS
Meals provided for:-
Walthamstow residents
34,435
12,263
Leyton residents
36,805
26,808
Chingford residents (provided by
Council as from 3.5.65)
5,530
4,045
Totals
76,770
43,116
BURIAL OF THE DEAD
Burial arrangements were made for 12 people who died within the Borough and for whom
no private arrangements could be made.
LAUNDRY FOR THE INCONTINENT
LAUNDRY
ARTICLES LAUNDERED
DOMICILIARY
CASES
HEATHCOTE
LODGE
LONDON BOROUGH
OF REDBRIDGE
Sidmouth Road
32,813
3,768
-
Low Hall Lane
16,503
-
1,992
The arrangement with the London Borough of Redbridge ceased on 30th November 1965.
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