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During the year a total of 37 4 aged persons or aged chronic sick persons
in the Borough received help from the Home Help Service, and the Home Nurses
dealt with 489 old people out of a total of 710 cases
These figures compare with 368 aged persons receiving help from the Home
Help Service in 1963 and 514 old persons being visited by the Nurses out of a
total of 751
Information supplied by the County Welfare Officer shows that during the
year 53 old people from the Borough were admitted to Old People s Homes through
the County Welfare Department including one person previously brought to our
notice in 1964 and thirteen persons from our Meals on Wheels Service recipients
The County Council has the duty under the National Assistance Act 1948
of providing residential accommodation for aged and infirm persons in need of
care and attention which is not otherwise available to them and it does this
by admission to its own Homes or by meeting the cost of maintenance in Homes
administered by registered Voluntary Organisations The County Council' s Welfare
Department is responsible for the County Homes and one such Home (known as
Belfairs in Grove Park Gardens) is situated in the Borough Adaptations are
being madetoNos 50/54 Sutton Court Road Chiswick for the housingof elderly
people in self contained flatlets with a warden on the premises to aid in various
matters and to be instantly available in case of sickness 21 flatlets will
be ready for occupation early in 1965 Later in the year 28 similar flatlets
will be available in Brentford at Walnut Tree Road South
Chiropody
The service was maintained throughout the year by the Middlesex County
Council whereby old people could have their foot defects treated at the surgeries
of local chiropodists at reduced cost or free of charge The number of persons
treated in this scheme was 82 in 1964 involving 792 attendances at chiropodists
The County Council Clinic Service held at the Brentford Clinic and the
Chiswick Clinic continued during the year,, and 352 old persons had treatment
there The total number of Clinic attendances was 2,087 for the year
A service is available to make it possible for housebound to be brought
by ambulance or car to the clinics or in more difficult cases for treatment to
be given at home During 1964, 54 old persons were treated at home involving
289 visits
Old Folks Friendship Club
This is a specially built club house opened in April 1955 for the use as
a social and recreational centre of old age pensioners living in Brentford and
Chiswick The club is open Monday to Friday from 1 - 5 p m and there is an
organiser in attendance The old people are enrolled as members at their first
attendance, membership costs only one penny per week and there are 320 names
on the register The members can visit every day if they wish for rest room
or reading room facilities or just to meet their friends and talk, but many
social occasions are provided for them in the way of concerts whist drives
etc A television set is installed in the lounge, a radiogram in the concert
hall an I large billiard table is provided for the male members Light refreshments
are available This club also arranges summer outings (of which there
were five in 1964) and an annual Christmas party Three visits to West End
Theatres at a cheap price were arranged during the Christmas season
Through this club the members are also able to obtain information about
the special services at reduced rates which are available within the Borough for
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