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meals. Unfortunately the number of genuinely needy cases found Increased rapidly
as the service became known The main reasons for the need are incapacity
following ill-health or hospital treatment lack of cooking facilities, and for
old people living alone with the genuine risk of starvation by abstention from
food of sufficient nourishing quality. The result was that the waiting list
began to grow and by the end of the year amounted to over forty persons.
During the year 10,296 meals were provided for 67 old people
GENERAL
The Superintendent of the local St John's Ambulance Association and the
Divisional Director of the British Red Cross Society have kindly supplied
information concerning their welfare work in the Borough,
St. John's Ambulance Brigade
(1) Attendance at sports meetings, public gatherings and
entertainments to render first aid if required,
(2) Conveyance of patients by ambulance to supplement the
County Ambulance facilities.
(3) Maintenance of Comforts Depot from which supplies of
medical equipment can be issued on loan,
(4) The provision of instructors for classes in first aid
and home nursing to Civil Defence volunteers, adult
and youth groups,
(5) Voluntary aid in hospital wards, male and female,,
(6) Provision of nursing attendants for meetings and
outings of old persons organised by the various Old
People's Associations
(7) Courses of lectures on first aid to factory staffs
and local factory fire brigade personnel,
British Red Cross Society
(1) The arrangement of sessions for the taking of blood
for the transfusion service, and the provision of
volunteer assistants during the periods of the blood
transfusion service operations,
(2) Ambulance transport for the sick to supplement the
County Ambulance facilities,
(3) The maintenance of a medical equipment loan depot at
No.16 Heathfield Terrace, Chiswick, W.4., open on
Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 30 to 8 30 p. m, Emergency
contact can be made with Miss Wallace - telephone
No. Chiswick 2353.
(4) Occupational therapy for the disabled ex-Service
pensioners and for Chest Clinic cases.
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