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Croydon 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: During 1963 hospital admissions were as follows and the corresponding figures for 1962 are shown for comparison purposes:-

During 1963 hospital admissions were as follows and the corresponding figures for 1962 are shown for comparison purposes:-

19631962
To psychiatric hospitals (subnormality)2424
To psychiatric hospitals (mental illness)Nil1
Transferred from one hospital to another31
Admitted for shortterm care1918
Total number of patients in hospitals384385

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Ten patients were awaiting long term hospital vacancies on
31st December, 1963.
Six patients were placed under the guardianship of the Local
Authority, and one was discharged from guardianship, bringing
the total to twenty-three.
Residential Accovwnodation
Financial responsibility was accepted by the Corporation in
respect of the maintenance of one severely subnormal girl in a
Hone outside Croydon.
Thirteen severely subnormal patients, (six males, seven
females) are placed in foster homes supervised by the Guardianship
Society.
Training
Junior Training Centre
The special care group at this centre is now firmly established
and is proving very useful in catering for some of the
more severely handicapped children.

Table: The special care group at this centre is now firmly established and is proving very useful in catering for some of the nore severely handicapped children.

The special care group at this centre is now firmly established and is proving very useful in catering for some of the nore severely handicapped children.

Number on register January 196369
Number on register December 196361
Number of new entrants14
Number transferred to Adult Training Centre14
Number left8
Average attendance per session50
Times open (whole days)189
Total attendances19,518

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Adult Training Centre
(i) Bensham Training Centre
This centre as well as providing suitable training and
work for the more severely handicapped trainees, also provides
an initial stage of training for those who are less handicapped.
Assessment, stabilisation and introduction to work habits and
wrking conditions are important functions of this centre.