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Subnormality
The number of cases of subnormality at the end of 1970 shows a slight increase over the
previous year. It is interesting to note that there are more male cases than female. This trend occurs
in other parts of the country.

VISITING OF CASES (1969 figures in brackets)
Health Visitors visit all cases of subnormality under the age of 16 years and Mental Welfare
Officers continue such visits over 16 years. This arrangement is a flexible one and in such cases
where it is thought better for the other to visit appropriate arrangements are made.
During the year the Health Visitors made 215 (220) home visits and the Mental Welfare
Officers 877 (847). The Mental Welfare Officers also interviewed 25 (17) cases at the office.
TRAINING FACILITIES
The Borough has 3 Training Centres, 1 for Juniors which contains a Special Care Unit and
2 for Adults. Following the re-organisation of London Local Government in 1965 this Borough
has catered for other London Boroughs and in the case of the Junior Centre this has led to increasingly
long waiting lists. At the end of the year the waiting list for admission to the Junior
Centre stood at 68, many being over the age of 5 years and for the two Adult Centres the list
stood at 6.
The position at the Junior Centre could obviously not remain and by the end of the year
plans were completed to open temporary accommodation in order that the waiting list could be
reduced at least by 50%.
Two of the London Boroughs who had cases in the Uxbridge Adult Training Centre withdrew
their cases from the Centre during the year and this has reduced the overall number of attendances.

The Centres have had a satisfactory year despite several difficult periods of staff shortages.
The staff are to be thanked for their co-operation in what has sometimes been for them very trying
not to say tiring circumstances.
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