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St. James, Friends & Neighbours,
Powell Road Pembury Estate,
E. 5. Pembury Road, E. 8.
Wigan & Wrens Park House, Over 60's,
Upper Clapton, E. 5. Clapton Pond, E.5.
Summit Estate,
N. 16.
Other activities of the Association include -
Domiciliary and Clinic Chiropody Services
Visiting of old people in their homes
Meals on Wheels (an average of some 220 meals were delivered
each week)
Assisted holiday scheme
Distribution of Harvest Festival and Christmas gifts
Distribution of furniture, clothes, bedding, etc.
Transport of old people to hospitals, dental surgeries, etc.
Advice on various problems.
(b) Hackney Association for Workshops for the Elderly. The Borough Council
made a grant of £1000 to this Association. The new workshop in Ellingfort
Road was opened in April and provides for up to 150 retired men and women
working shifts of two hours. The Pedro Street workshops established in 1956
provides accommodation for 100 persons,
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1953. SECTION 43 (Power of
sanitary authorities to cleanse aged end feeble persons in their own homes or
elsewhere). This bathing service for elderly and other handicapped persons
continues to fill a very real need. During the year 161 persons were given
2.096 baths, some 90 persons had 1 146 baths at the Millfields Centre, 57
persons received 760 baths in their own homes and 14 persons were given 94
baths at the Cleansing Station and 96 baths in their own homes.
CHALFONTS HOLIDAY HOTEL This Hotel at Bognor Regis on the Sussex Coast has
accommodation for 20 persons and opened for the reception of guests on April
17th. Applicants for admission must be residents of Hackney, and priority is
given to elderly men and women in need of a change and who have not had a
holiday for some time. The Hotel does not provide for sick persons or for
convalescence after illness The duration of the holiday is normally one
week Monday to Monday, and guests are taken from and returned to Hackney
Town Hall by private coach During the year applications were received from
1 172 persons who were graded in order of priority depending on when they last
hadaholiday. By the end of the year some 672 persons had been accommodated,
of whom 637 hadoneweek s holiday, and 35 had a holiday of two weeks duration.
HEALTH EDUCATION
Health Education propaganda during the year included the following
activities
(a) Exhibition of posters and distribution of leaflets on various health
matters,
(b) Displays on current health topics in the showcases at the Hillman
Street entrance to the Town Hall;
(c) Talks to various organisations.
The now accepted relationship between heavy cigarette smoking and cancer
of the lung was again emphasised.