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service at the German Hospital: assistance to old age pensioners; visits to
patients in hospital distribution of welfare foods escort journeys;
arrangements for seaside holidays for children and old-age pensioners, and the
collection and distribution of clothing for persons in need. A Territorial
Army Canteen, opened in December, operates on Monday and Wednesday. This new
venture makes available cooked meals and light refreshments.

(d) BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY. The Division consists of three women's
and one men's detachments, one Cadet Unit and one Link. The Division continued
to be of service in duties at cinemas, theatres, public meetings, sports
meetings, as well as at the local hospitals, where trolley shops are operated.
Part of the activities include the Training of National Hospital Reserve
personnel, and a Medical Loan Department is provided at 92 Dalston Lane, E. 8,
where medical articles may be borrowed for invalids.
(e) HACKNEY, SHOREDITCH, STOKE NEWINGTON AND DISTRICT DIABETIC CLUBMembership
of this organisation, now in its fifth year, totals some 160 persons.
The aims of the Club are mainly for exchange of information between
members, but social functions are arranged. At the monthly Club meetings
talks on serious subjects, e. g. diet of and employment in industry of diabetics,
and social occasions have alternated. A brains trust evening was also
arranged, and a Sale of Work raised £50.
(f) HACKNEY AND STOKE NEWINGTON DEANERY MORAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION. The
objects of this Association are to promote and organise moral welfare work
among men, women and young people, and to assist those in trouble through moral
difficulties. Cases dealt with during the year totalled 125, and 118 of
these were expectant mothers who came for advice on personal problems and
matrimonial difficulties. Of 108 single girls, 44 were between the ages 16 to
21 years 52 were aged 22 to 30, and 12 were over 30 years. Thirty-seven of
the 118 maternity cases kept their babies, and are living with their parents or
relatives, or in accommodation of their own with the child.
(g) BRITISH HOME FOR DEAF AND DUMB WOMEN. There are now 22 deaf and
dumb residents in this Home at 26 Clapton Common, E.5, one resident having been
admitted to hospital, and two transferred to a new Home recently opened by the
National Institute for the Deaf at Felixstowe. Summer holidays for the
residents were arranged either with their own relations or at the Clapton
Mission Holiday Home at Heme Bay.
(h) INVALID MEALS FOR LONDON. The Invalid Meals Service operating in the
Borough from 159 Lower Clapton Road, E.5. was available throughout the year to
invalids requiring special diets Special concessions are made to Old Age
Pensioners requiring these diets, and the cost to the Pensioner is 1s. 4d. per
meal. Meals are served five days a week, and are delivered to the homes of