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WELFARE
General
St. John Ambulance Association:
The local headquarters of the St. John Ambulance Association are situated at Hartington
Road, Southall, and the honorary officers are Dr. Mary Ellis of Lansdowne House, High
Street Harlington, Divisional Surgeon; Mrs. E. Wilmot, 18 Hartington Road, Divisional
Superintendent; and Mr. H. S. King, 44 Northcote Avenue, Southall, Divisional Superintendent,
Ambulance Division.
The work carried out is as follows:—
Home Nursing and Nursing Equipment. The St. John Ambulance Nursing
Division has been trained in Home Nursing. It also lends Nursing equipment
for use in the home from the Medical Comforts Depot in Hartington Road,
open every evening 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. for the issue of articles needed by the
public. During the year 369 articles were lent under the scheme—a decrease
of 53 on the 1955 figure.
Welfare—General. The St. John Ambulance Association carried out trainings in
First Aid and Home Nursing for all who cared to take advantage of the
service, and also for Civil Defence volunteers. The members of the Nursing
and Ambulance Divisions carried out many other duties including attendance
at local cinemas, sports, fairs, Old Folks' clubs, and accompanying old people's
group excursions to the sea-side. Members also took part in duties further
afield, including London Airport, London theatres, concerts, ice shows.
British Red Cross Society:
The headquarters of the British Red Cross Society, Ealing Area Division, which
included Southall during 1956, is Florence Nightingale House, 85 Uxbridge Road, Ealing,
W.5.
The Divisional Director is Mrs. E. V. Bruce, and the work carried out is as follows:—
Training Red Cross Juniors and Seniors in First Aid and Home Nursing, and also
training candidates for the National Hospital Service Reserve.
Occupational Therapy when requested for the disabled ex-service pensioners and
for Chest Clinic cases.
Hospital duty during epidemics.
Provision and carriage of books to tuberculous home-bound patients.
Welfare visits.
Hospital Library facilities and Picture Library.
Nursing Aid.
Nursing in the home.
Escort duty to and from hospitals for the sick, aged, blind people and children.
Medical loan, providing comforts for sick people.
Transport for the sick when requested.
Blood transfusion.
Civil Defence basic first aid training.
Accommodation in Red Cross Homes for chronic aged and sick.
Club for Disabled Persons:
A Club, known as the Happy-Go-Luckies, met weekly and was a social and recreational
one for people suffering from any physical handicap, and transport was provided for those
members who were unable to make their own way to the Club premises, which were at the
Southall Community Centre. The approximate number attending weekly was 16, the total
membership being 20.
The Hard of Hearing Club:
This Club, which was inaugurated in 1955, has been showing good progress and has
already been of considerable service to some of its members. The membership is now 40
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