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Community Care

Bourne Hostel
Bourne Hostel has continued to prove its need in the Borough's Mental Health Service. During
1969, 25 residents (11 male, 14 female) were placed there on a permanent basis and at the end of
the year 20 of the cases (9 male and 11 female) were still resident. Of the 5 discharged 1 was admitted
to hospital, 1 moved with family from the Borough, 1 was not suitable, and the remaining 3 returned
to their homes as it was felt they had improved sufficiently for them to be managed again within the
family, but 1 of these had to be returned to the hostel later.
During the year 12 cases (4 male and 8 female) were given short term care which enabled relatives
to have a rest or a holiday.
There are 20 potential cases known who could need admission to the hostel should their home
conditions change in any way.
Hillingdon Junior Training Centre
The new purpose built premises, replacing the existing training centre, was occupied in April
1969 (Plate 3).
The new centre cost £84,000 and accommodates 19 staff (including general duties assistants and
domestic staff) and 102 children (22 in the special care unit).
There are the supervisor's room, staff room, 5 classrooms, 2 nursery rooms, 2 special care unit
rooms, handicraft room, housecraft room, medical room, bathroom, cloakrooms, kitchen and a
large hall. The latter can be divided and one half used as a dining hall. All rooms are very light, airy
and brightly decorated, and with the installed modern furniture and equipment makes a tremendous
contrast to the old centre which was in adapted premises and rather drab in appearance, as the
building was over 200 years old. The classrooms, nursery and special care rooms all open into the
grounds as well as having the normal exit into the corridors of the centre. The exits into the grounds
are very advantageous, because if the weather is fine and warm the children can be outside, or in
the event of an emergency, such as fire, the building can be quickly evacuated (Plate 4).
The classrooms are divided from each other by a toilet unit (1 unit to 2 classrooms). The nursery
and special care having their own toilet facilities. There are also shower units in the cloakrooms.