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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.
(5) The provision of a library service for home-bound
tuberculous patients
(6) Home visiting in cases of distress and the provision
of urgently required household articles or home
nursing,
(7) The provision of volunteer workers to travel to and
from hospital with sick aged blind people or children,
and to give regular blanket baths to the sick
(8) The supply of instructors in first aid for Civil Defence
volunteers, adult and youth groups
(9) Red Cross Home for the aged Administration of Red
Cross Convalescent Home for Patients from the Geriatric
Ward at West Middlesex Hospital
(1o) Attendance at permanent and temporary First Aid Posts
when required.
WELFARE OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED
The County Council is responsible, under the National Assistance Act, 1948
for the provision of welfare services for the blind and partially-sighted.
There are resident in the Borough 115 blind and 31 partially-sighted persons
20 blind persons are in full-time employment; of these 3 are in Workshops
for the Blind, and receiving augmentation and supplementation of earnings from
the County Council, and 2 are working as Home Workers. These, also, receive
from the County Council augmentation of earnings.
The majority of blind people are not available for or are not capable of
training for employment, owing to age or infirmity or for some other reason
The County Council provides a Home Teaching service for the visitation of
blind and partially-sighted people in their own homes The duties of the Home
Teachers are to advise blind and partially-sighted persons on all problems relating
to their welfare and of all the available social services, to assist them
in overcoming the effects of their disabilities, to give instructions in Braille
and Moon systems of raised type, in handcrafts, and where..appropriate, in the1
deaf-blind manual alphabet A handcraft class is held fortnightly at the Area
Welfare Sub-Office, 14a Sutton Court Road Chiswick
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