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organisation, and in hostels provided by other local authorities and voluntary
associations Where patients are in employment or have other incomes, an assessment
is made to determine their contribution towards their maintenance, Apart from one
under guardianship, 42 other persons were in hostels at the end of the year and were
being financially supported by the Council.
In addition there are 12 subnormal and severely subnormal children in care of
the Children's Department in residential homes The Council has inc1uded in its Capital
Programme the construction of a hostel in the borough to provide residential
accommodation for mentally subnormal males-
Junior Training School
The purpose built Junior Training School opened its doors at the beginning of
the January term The School provides training places for 95 mentally severely subnormal
children, plus a special unit for 20 children suffering from physical as well as
mental handicap The accommodation includes assembly hall, 7 class rooms, 3 rooms for
the special care unit, a nursery, handicraft room and domestic science room There are
also recreational facilities including large hall, playground grassed area and
children's flower garden.
The Education (Handicapped Children) Act 1970, which received Royal assent in
July, made provision as from a day to be appointed, for removing the powers for
classifying children suffering from a disability of mind as unsuitable for education
at school and for removing the power and duty of a local health authority to make
arrangements for the training of children of school age who suffer from such a
disability. The ‘appointed day’ was subsequently fixed as the 1st April 1971. so that
the new school referred to above, of which the Council is justly proud, is to be in the
possession of the Council but 15 months before transfer to the Inner London Education
Author i ty
Special Care Unit
Provision is made for a Special Care Unit (see photograph) in the new school
for those trainees who are too severely handicapped to be taught and trained with
the other juniors
Transport
Transport is provided by coaches and minibus to take trainees from their homes
and training centres each day. Transport covers trainees attending the junior training
school, adult female cent re, the special care unit, psycho-geriatric pat ien t s attending
the Day Centre and some of those attending the men's industrial centre.,
Hot idays
Many trainees from the training centres take part in a holiday at a holiday
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