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Ministry of Labour
There is normal co-operation with the local Disablement
Resettlement and Youth Employment Officers who, unfortunately
with little success, endeavour to place into employment subnormals
who, perforce, must therefore remain in the care of the Mental
Health Service. It would appear that more favourable results are
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, 38 trainees spent a happy group holiday at St.
Mary's Bay School Journey Centre, Romney Marsh, Kent, in May
of this year. Although the Council subsidy was at the rate of £2
per head, increasing costs at this Centre meant that the charge for
each trainee was £6 2s. Od. per week. Some 22 children from the
Maze Hill Junior Training Centre attended a purpose-built holiday
home in Norfolk owned by the National Society for Mentally
Handicapped Children for one week in June. In this instance the
full cost to the parents was £10 13s. Od. Charges for both holidays
were subject to abatement under the Council's assessment scale
and some recipients 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.