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obtained by the direct approach to employers for as problems arise
they can be brought immediately to our notice.
Holidays
Under a scheme intended to cater for those who would otherwise
have no holiday, 62 trainees from the various training centres
were enabled to spend a happy vacation at St. Mary's Bay Holiday
Camp, Dymchurch, during the summer. A charge of approximately
£4 per week is levied but this is subject to abatement under the
Council's assessment scale and some trainees pay only a few
shillings.

Eltham Creche
This nursery was established by the Woolwich and Greenwich
Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and received grants
from the former London County Council to cover a substantial
portion of the running costs.
Now, under the control of the Greenwich Society for Mentally
Handicapped Children, this nursery provides accommodation for
some 15 mentally handicapped young children of whom 10 are
sponsored by this Council.
Darenth Park and Goldie Leigh Hospitals
Both formal and informal links have been established by the
department with these two important hospitals and consultation
and exchange of information is unrestricted. Undoubtedly, however,
there is a great deficiency of beds in the area for mentally
subnormal children but, with improvements and expansion in the
local community care services, a freer exchange of patients will be
possible in the future and perhaps larger numbers of these children
will be able eventually to be accepted into the community.
Boarding Out
A few adult subnormals are boarded out with local landladies
and where the patient is unable to earn sufficient for his keep or