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Home teaching of the mentally handicapped
This scheme has continued during the year, but when responsibility
for the education of mentally handicapped children passes to
the Inner London Education Authority in 1971, plans will be made
to transfer the time of the home teacher to the needs of the adult
mentally handicapped, teaching some at home but others in the
various centres and in the hostel.
Liaison with hospitals for the mentally handicapped
Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, continues to
give an excellent service to mentally handicapped children from
Wandsworth. The social workers maintain links with the clinics at
St. George's Hospital, Tooting, and also visit the main hospital in
Carshalton. Dr. Witcombe, from the Manor Hospital, Epsom,
runs a regular clinic in Putney to which are referred adult mentally
handicapped people who need special assessment. A social worker
attends this clinic. The daily run to both these hospitals continues,
for Special Care Unit children to the Fountain School at Queen
Mary's and for both children and a small number of adults, to the
Manor Hospital, Epsom.
Club for educationally subnormal school leavers
The Club for E.S.N, school leavers is continuing to thrive with
the help of a group of voluntary helpers. A mental health social
worker has also developed closer liaison with the three schools
which serve this area, and a more comprehensive approach towards
this needy group is developing in the Borough.

Long-term care
A total of 64 patients were maintained in long-term care at
some time during the year, 57 of whom were in residence at the
end of 1970. The organisations responsible for their care are shown
below:—
Guardianship Society 10
Mental After-care Association 9
St. Mary's Convent 7
Cheshire Foundation 3