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All trainees are medically inspected annually when parents are invited to attend.
Matters requiring further investigation are referred to the general medical practitioner
concerned. The visiting medical officer also acts in the capacity of Her
Majesty's Appointed Factory Doctor.
The centre was open to the parents and friends of the trainees all day on
Friday, 9th June, and the morning of Saturday, 10th June. A most interesting
exhibition of the work accomplished by the trainees, both at the centre and during
their leisure hours at home, was on display. This covered a wide range, from light
engineering, assembly work and wood work, to photography and art, etc. The
exhibition demonstrated the high quality of the work done by the trainees under
the supervision of the manager and his staff. The visitors expressed approval of
the many facets of the training programmes carried out and the level of attainment
reached.
An informal sports day was held at a local stadium on Friday afternoon, 21st
July. A full programme of competitions and team events was organised and 37
trainees received prizes which were awarded on a points basis.
During the year, the Manager and staff opened a club for trainees in attendance.
It is held from 3.00 p.m. onwards every Friday afternoon and activities include
dancing, singing and games.
Representatives of other local authorities and voluntary bodies, as well as
students and sociologists from universities in this country and from overseas, visited
the centre. Their comments indicated that they were favourably impressed.
Ministry of Health Circular 21/67, suggested that local health authorities
review incentive payments to adult trainees generally and commented that it would
normally seem inappropriate for payments to individuals to be less than those which
would be given in open employment for the work done, notwithstanding that in
some cases this would mean payment above the disregard limit for Ministry of
Social Security supplementary benefit, with consequent loss of incentive. After
full consideration it was decided to make adjustments, commencing on 1st April,
1968, to the scheme of incentive payments whereby, at the Manager's discretion,
the minimum payment to each trainee in a full week will be 10s. and the maximum
40s. Any payment above 40s. per week would mean a deduction, shilling for
shilling, from supplementary benefit which all trainees are entitled to claim.
The number of trainees on the roll on 31st December, 1967, was 167 and there
were 27 names on the waiting list.
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