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School Medical Officer, which has proved
extremely valuable as the physiotherapist can
attend the child s medical examination with the
parents and does not have to make a special
visit to the school to do this.
In the special care unit there is at present only
one spina bifida child, the foreseeable future will
include more which will necessitate greater nursing
facilities than are available at present.
Isleworth Junior Training School
Regular visits have been made throughout the year
to advise and help the staff with any problems
arising and especially concerning the brain
damaged children in their care
16 children (5 from Hounslow Borough and 11
from Ealing Borough) have received physiotherapy
and handling to learn correct patterns of movement
for daily living.
Parents have been made welcome at the school
for advice and help Home and hospital visits
have been made to link up with treatments/
Adult Training Centres
Acton Lodge Adult Training Centre
The rebuilding of part of this centre was completed
on 13th December and its full utilization and
development in the new year is eagerly anticipated.
The new facilities include recreation hall, training
laundry, domestic training room, workroom schoolroom
storerooms showers, and toilets and a display
window on the road frontage-
Due to difficulties with some of the machines
the laundry was not fully operational at the end
of the year, It is intended that 8-10 trainees should
be engaged in this section and that all the Health
Department s laundry should be done it is
estimated that it is possible to deal with 1 000
pieces per week, A laundry instructor was appointee
and at the end of the year the unit was running-in
with a small number of trainees and the linen from
two establishments only.
The varied work of the centre continued
Although due to the financial squeeze the amount
of work made available by several firms was
reduced other work was obtained to keep the centre
fully employed The installation of a vibrating
table improved the range and quality of concrete
castings made in the centre and paving stones are
being supplied for the new Health Centre in Bath
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Road.
The average daily attendances have approxi
mated the capacity of the centre but there was a
waiting list of about 30 persons throughout the
year, which it is hoped will be reduced as the new
building becomes fully operational.
Brentford Adult Training Centre
This centre is within the factory of a firm manufac
turing plastics and provides real factory conditions
for trainees who may be able eventually to take
outside employment. During the year 8 trainees left
to take up employment
Holiday Camps for the Mentally Handicapped
Adults
The Borough organised a party of 60 mentally handicapped
men and women from Acton Lodge Brentford
and Southall Adult Training Centres to go on a
week's holiday to St. Mary s Bay Kent, It was a very
successful holiday and Mr. Simpson Manager of
Acton Lodge who acted as leader described it as
memorable Grateful thanks are due to all those staff
and volunteers who escorted the party.
The local parents' societies generously provided
funds for amenities and £54 was raised by voluntary
efforts at Acton Lodge.
ChiIdren
Three children from this Borough attended the holiday
camp organised by the London Borough of Hillingdon
at Park Place School. Henley-on Thames from 22nd
July to 3rd August. 1968.
Camps were also run by The National Society for
Mentally Handicapped Children at Crawley and
Chichester in Sussex, Four children from this Borough
attended, two at the Crawley Camp from 10th to 24th
August 1968. and two at the Chichester Camp from
27th July to 10th August. 1968
Short Term Care
During 1968 arrangements were made for 27 subnormal
and severely subnormal patients, to have a total of
32 periods of short term care varying between two
and eight weeks. Nine of these were awaiting long
term admission to hospital but short term care
became necessary in the interim.
Of the 32 periods of short term care arranged 28