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Guardianship
No patients were placed under guardianship during the year and
none were discharged, leaving the total number under guardianship at
at 18 at the end of the year.
Training Centres
(i) Junior Training Centre
Despite difficult conditions at the centre work has continued as
satisfactorily as possible, and appreciation is due to the Supervisor and
staff of the Centre for the hard work put in and the way training standards
have been maintained under discouraging and difficult conditions. At the
end of the year there were 67 trainees on the books of the Centre (43
boys and 24 girls).
(ii) Bensham Training Centre
Normal work training activities for subnormal persons continued
until 16th December 1966 when the Centre closed down. All the trainees
were to be transferred to the new purpose built Craftwork, Training and
Social Centre early in 1967 and the Bensham premises utilised as an
Assessment and Rehabilitation Centre.
When the Centre closed 68 trainees (42 males and 26 females) were
attending.
Payments to trainees totalled £1,884. 8. 3d. and charges for services
amounted to approximately £1,105.
(iii) Crosfield Industrial Unit
This Unit functioned in its dual role of (1) Assessment, Training
and Rehabilitation Unit and (2) Sheltered Workshop and the satisfactory
progress of the previous year was maintained. The Unit continued to
co-ordinate the industrial work contracts for the local authority Centres
and Warlingham Park Hospital and work undertaken during the year
included:
Light electrical assembly - Light engineering - Packing - Breeze
and Concrete block making.
Further details concerning the work of the Unit are appended below:
(1) Assessment and Training Section