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unable to reside in their own homes for various reasons and the short-stay hostel provides
12 single bed-sitting rooms for these people. Both those attending the day centre and
those housed in the hostel are able to relax in the sitting room and take their meals in the
separate dining room. Also provided are bathrooms, showers, medical room and
hair-dressing room. There is a two-bedroomed flat for the resident warden and a
self-contained bed-sitting room which enables a staff member to act as temporary relief
for the warden.
Gibson House
This building provides hostel accommodation for 12 mentally subnormal youths,
each having his own bedroom. There is a communal sitting room, dining room, and
recreation room. The young people living here either have outside employment or
undergo daily training at Crispin House. As at Evelyn Coyle House, there is a
two-bedroom flat for the resident warden and a bed-sitting room for the staff member on
relief duty.
General
Morning, evening, and weekend meals are supplied to the two hostels from their
own kitchens, all week day lunches being provided from the central kitchen in Crispin
House. The central kitchen can also provide light refreshments for evening social activities
held in the main dining room of Crispin House. Gardens between the Houses provide
pleasant surroundings to the buildings and help to give each House its own identity.
Staff
A total of 31, including three administrative and clerical staff are on the
establishment of the centre and hostels. The manager at Crispin House and the supervisor
at Evelyn Coyle House Day Centre are responsible for ensuring that an adequate and
continuous supply of work is available. They also advise on the organisation of the
workshops, problems arising from the work, the selection of admissions for employment
and their discharge. Each hostel has its own warden, deputy warden and assistant
warden; the day centre at Evelyn Coyle House has a supervisor and assistants; Crispin
House has a manager together with supervisors and assistant supervisors.
MENTALLY ILL
Day Centres
The Camberwell and Castle Day Centres continued to function for those mentally
ill persons in need of rehabilitation. Work undertaken at these centres was mainly of a
light industrial nature for various firms in the area. The Page's Walk Day Centre for the
elderly mentally infirm was closed and the work and persons attending were transferred
to the new purpose-built facilities provided at Evelyn Coyle House described earlier in
this report.
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