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Annuitants .... 5 I 2 33 13 o 



Sickness .... 100,411 7 6 



Widows and members, at death 58,956 o o 



Orphans .... 4,595 3 o 



Special grants . . . 9,390 11 o 



Total . . 224,586 14 6 



Of great advantage, also, to railway workers is the Railway- 

 men's Convalescent Home, opened at Herne Bay, Kent, in 1901, 

 with its recent extension in the form of a similar home at 

 Leasome Castle, Wallasey, Cheshire, to which, by permission 

 of King George, has been given the title of " The King Edward 

 VII Memorial Convalescent Home for Railwaymen." 



The London and South - Western Railway Servants' 

 Orphanage was originally opened at Clapham, in 1886, for 

 children whose fathers, at the time of their death, were in the 

 employ of the railway company. Since July, 1909, it has been 

 located in a commodious range of buildings erected at Woking, 

 Surrey, for the purpose. From the time the orphanage was 

 first opened over 400 children have been admitted to its 

 benefits. 



Thanks to a generous benefaction left by the late Mr 

 F. W. Webb, locomotive superintendent of the London and 

 North- Western Railway Company, the railway colony at 

 Crewe is acquiring an orphanage which will accommodate 

 twenty girls and twenty boys, the construction cost being 

 estimated at about ^16,000, while a further sum of 35,000 

 will be available for the purposes of the endowment of what 

 has, appropriately, been named "the Webb Orphanage." In 

 appreciation of the value of the services rendered by Mr Webb 

 to the company, and as an indication of their sympathy with 

 the institution, the directors of the London and North- Western 

 Railway Company have subscribed ^1000 towards the funds 

 of the orphanage. 



In addition to such support as they may render, directly 

 or indirectly, to the recognised railway beneficent organisa- 

 tions, the railway companies of the United Kingdom con- 

 tribute to various other institutions and associations, of 

 various character, not directly controlled by them, and not 

 for the exclusive benefit of their servants. Such contributions 

 are reported to the Board of Trade, which issues an annual 



