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(2) Ambulance transport for the sick to supplement the County Ambulance
facilitieS.
(3) The maintenance of amedical equipment loan depot at No. 16 Heathfield
Terrace, Chiswick, W. 4., open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
from 7,30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
from 11 a.m. to 12 noon.
(4) Occupational therapy for the disabled ex-Service pensioners and for
the 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 clothes, food and household articles or home nursing
(7) The provision of volunteer workers to travel to and from hospital
with sick, aged, blind people or children
(8) The supply of instructors and examiners in First Aid and Home Nursing
for adult and youth groups and for Civil Defence volunteers
(9) Red Cross Home for the Aged. Administration of Red Cross Convalescent
Home for Patients from the Geriatric Ward at West Middlesex Hospital ,
(10) Attendance at permanent and temporary First Aid Posts when required
In addition, there is a flourishing Junior Red Cross Unit at Chiswick some
of whose members help at the local hospitals, and in 1961 one member accompanied
a coach load of elderly people while they were on holiday at Cliftonville and
members were also in attendance at Chiswick Regattac
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 102 blind and 31 partially sighted persons
19 of these are in full-time employment; 2 are in Workshops for the Blind and
3 are Home Workers, receiving augmentation and supplementation of earnings from
the County Council, There are also 6 partially-sighted and 5 blind children
under the age of 16 years, 10 of whom are at Special Schools, 2 young blind
persons over 16 years of age are still at school and 1 partially sighted young
person is at a Teachers' Training College
The County Council provides a Home Teaching Service for the visitation of
blind and partially sighted people in their own homes, the object of which is
to enable partially-sighted and blind people to lead as full and active lives
as their handicap allows. The duties of the Home Teachers include advising
blind and partially-sighted persons on all problems relating to their welfare
and of all the available social services, assisting them in overcoming the
effects of their disabilities, giving instruction in Braille and Moon systems
of embossed type and in handcrafts,, Deaf Blind persons also receive the services
of a special Home Teacher for the Deaf-Blind A handcraft class is held fort
nightly at Christ Church Hall, Turnham Green
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