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In December, trainees attending centres run by other authorities totalled 44 (as against 68 in the
previous year) and details of their placings were as follows:—
1969 1968
Hanworth Junior, Middlesex (in residential care) 1 2
Attleborough, Diss, Norfolk (in residential care) 1 1
John Farmer Junior, Hants (in residential care) 1 —
Farnham Junior, Surrey (in residential care) 1
Kensington Junior 19 32
North Kensington Senior 12 11
Balham — 3
Clapham 1 1
College Park — 10
Bennet Court, Islington 2 4
Isledon, Islington 2 —
St. Judes's Hostel, Lancefield Street, W.10
The year 1969 proved very difficult for St. Jude's residential hostel. There were serious staffing
shortages and the number of admissions had to be limited. In December 1969 there were 15 boys in
residence as against 18 in December 1968. The demolition of many streets in the neighbourhood
resulted in local hooliganism which was extremely troublesome to the staff and the residents.
Terrace Day Centre
A report on the activities at the Terrace Day Centre during 1969 is given on page 88.
Special day nurseries and special care unit for mentally handicapped children
Frances House Day Nursery, 86 Bravington Road, W.9.
This nursery accommodates 30 children; there were 20 in attendance in December 1969.
Edgson House, Ebury Bridge Estate
This nursery is registered for 12 children; in December 1969 11 were attending daily and the
remaining vacancy had been allocated for early in 1970.
Linnet House Special Care Unit, Charlbert Street, N. W.8
This unit is full, with 12 severely handicapped children between the ages of 5 and 12.
Children attending these two nurseries and the special care unit are transported daily in specially
adapted coaches. The children are all seen regularly by the City Council's medical officers.
The two nurseries and the special care unit mentioned above are all run by the City of Westminster
Society of Mentally Handicapped Children, grant-aided by the Council. Liaison between the Society
and the Council is excellent.
Besides the nurseries mentioned above, mentally handicapped or dually handicapped children
may be admitted to the special units in the City Council's day nurseries, where a total of 24 children
can be accommodated (see report on page 41).
Short term care - holidays
Holidays lasting from 2 to 8 weeks were arranged for 48 persons, either in hospital or in suitable
residential accommodation.
Patients in community care
The number of persons referred to the Mental Health Section in 1969 totalled 1,865. Six hundred
and seventy patients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals, informally or compulsorily (583 in 1968)
and 652 were received into community care (677 in 1968).
Socialisation Course for Educationally Subnormal School-Leavers
Pengwern Hall, Rhuddlan, Flintshire
One Westminster patient attended the 12 week course at Pengwern Hall this year (1968-3). The
course, arranged by the National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children, is for young adults in
need of guidance in coping with employment and other aspects of social life.