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Case Work Done
1 Rail by batho
2 Rail by batho
3 Rail at front door.
4 Back living room floor raised to level of hall floor for use of
wheel chair.
5 Purpose built flat by Council,, (Adaptations discussed by Housing
Department and Welfare Department officials.) All electric
switches to suitable height for use from wheel chair. Toilet
raised. Kitchen unit adapted to enable working at sink from
wheel chair. Special door handles and tap handles fitted.
A Home Work Organiser has been appointed and some handicapped persons who
are unable to obtain employment in open industry but who are suitable for a
certain amount of light work are provided with this on a part-time basis at a
Work Centre or at Home.
Advice and guidance regarding personal problems are given, and membership
of a voluntary organisation catering for a particular handicap is facilitated.
Services to the deaf and dumb and the hard of hearing are provided by appropriate
voluntary organisations, to which the County Council makes grants in aid,,
Brentford and Chiswick choral classes for handicapped persons are held on
Friday evenings at Belmont School, Belmont Road, Chiswick Each year this
class takes part in the Choral Festival arranged for handicapped persons by
the County Council.
A special coach with an hydraulic lifting device at the back is in use for
taking handicapped persons to club activities, handcraft classes and the choral
classes, This coach is for those who cannot travel by public transport or in
any other ordinary car or coach., Wheelchair cases can be lifted into the coach
while remaining seated in their chairs.
At 31st December, 1961, 125 residents of the Borough were registered as
generally handicapped,.
Residents of the Borough needing any of the County Welfare Services briefly
referred to in this Report should apply to the Area Welfare Officer, Mr. J.F.
Cronk, at the Local County Offices, Great West Road, Brentford.
The Brentford and Chiswick Group of the Middlesex and Surrey League for
the Hard of Hearing, meets weekly in the Borough, There are social meetings,
lip reading and speaking classes, talks and discussions, outings and visits to
other groups in the County. The Club has a Welfare Officer who visits sick and
housebound members, The Group numbers 18 with an average attendance of 12-15.
A Club for the Physically Handicapped is maintained by Chiswick Mission
(a Branch of the Shaftesbury Society). The disablements are various and transport
is arranged by the Rotary Club for those who cannot travel easily. The
Club meets once a month for social purposes,, In 1961 the number on the register
was 16 and the average attendance during 1961 was 12o
The Chiswick Mission also owns two houses which are let to aged personsthe
number of tenants is eight, and the tenants, each of whom has one room, pay
a small nominal rento.
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