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writing and simple arithmetic. The teacher has been a great asset to the centre and
the trainees have enjoyed their teaching sessions.
A further 59 trainees are placed at Acton Lodge, Uxbridge, Moorcroft and Brentford
Adult Training Centres.
Holiday arrangements at two camps in August and September were undertaken
by the London Borough of Hounslow and 18 Ealing trainees were able to have a 10-aay
holiday during this period.
Residential Accommodation
The Council at present has no residential accommodation for the mentally
handicapped, but work commenced on a 25 place hostel at the Brenthill Nursery Site
during 1967, and at the end of the year had reached first floor brick-work level. It
should thus be opened in 1968, and would provide accommodation for men and women
who are able to work in open industry or attend Adult Training Centres. One
important deficiency in the Council's Mental Health Services will then have been
remedied.
Two patients are at present accommodated in other local authority hostels.
Hospitals
The Borough is entirely within the catchment area of Leavesden Hospital at
Abbots Langley, near Watford, which accommodates both severely subnormal children
and adults. During the year 17 patients were admitted informally.
Obtaining hospital care remains a problem, particularly when the disability is
so great that the only satisfactory solution is permanent care in hospital. The waiting
list of such cases is 24 and many of these have been waiting for years. Short term
admission is easier to obtain and does provide a measure of relief for the families.
It is the Council's policy that short term care should be in subnormality hospitals if
places are available and in private establishments only if this is not the case.
During the year 43 patients had short term care of up to eight weeks and one patient
was accommodated in a private establishment when the hospital was unable to
provide accommodation for the period required.
Voluntary Organisations
The Ealing Society for Mentally Handicapped Children has a wide range of
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