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Havering 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]

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Table: The admissions to the Hostel have been considered on the basis of need rather than adhering to original allocation of beds to each user authority and on 31st December 1967, the occupancy was as follows:

The admissions to the Hostel have been considered on the basis of need rather than adhering to original allocation of beds to each user authority and on 31st December 1967, the occupancy was as follows:

From the Essex County Council8
L.B. of Barking—
L.B. Havering9
L.B. Redbridge2
L.B. Waltham Forest2
Other1
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Fortnightly evening group meetings continued to be held
by the Warden, the Senior Mental Welfare Officer and the Senior
Psychiatric Social Worker to discuss problems arising from
communal living, problems connected with employment and return
into the community. Individual interviews dealing with more
personal problems are arranged as the need arises, and reviews
of progress of individual residents are discussed at monthly staff
meetings attended by the Borough Psychiatric Adviser, Dr.
Vincenzi, social workers, and a senior medical officer from
Warley Hospital who is acting as a liaison officer between the
Hostel and the Hospital's Medical Committee.
Westmarsh Lodge
This hostel for 30 mentally handicapped men has been
fully occupied throughout' the year. In co-operation with the
Supervisor and staff of Belford Adult Training Centre, a rehabilitation
programme of potentially employable residents aims to
achieve greater social independence as well as placement into
part-time or full-time employment. An increasing number of
residents have joined local social clubs. As at Collier Lodge
Hostel, monthly staff meetings with the Borough Psychiatric
Adviser are held to discuss problems of psychiatric management
residents' progress and treatment, and the interaction of residents
amongst themselves and with hostel staff. Monthly evening
group sessions with selected residents are planned for 1968. On
the 31st December 1967, the occupancy of beds was as follows: —
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