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1968 1969
Sutton Training Centre 35 children 38 children
Morden Junior Training Centre 8 children 3 children
(London Borough of Merton)
Banstead Adult Technical Training Unit 60 adults 63 adults
(Surrey County Council)
Caterham Training Centre 2 adults 2 adults
(Surrey County Council) 1 child 1 child
Waylands Training Centre
(London Borough of Croydon) 1 adult 1 adult
Bensham Training Centre
(London Borough of Croydon) 1 adult 1 adult
Croydon Spastic Work Centre 1 adult 2 adults
Croydon Spastic Childrens Centre 4 children 5 children
St. Bernadettes Schools Ltd. 2 children 1 child.
We are grateful to neighbouring Authorities for assisting us by offering
places in their training centres.
Hostels
The number of cases where special arrangements were made for subnormal
children and adults who needed to be in residential establishments for care and
training increased from 11 in 1968 to 18 in 1969.
Hospitals
During 1968 and 1969 14 and 19 applications respectively were received for
short term care to enable the parents to have a holiday or because of a family
crises and with the co-operation of Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton, and The
Manor Hospital, Epsom, all were admitted for periods ranging from two to eight
weeks.
Two submormal females were received into permanent residential care in
hospitals for the subnormal during the year ending 31st December, 1968, and
during the year ending 31st December,1969, 4 male and 2 females were similarly
received into permanent care.
Community Support
The Mental Health Section has responsibility for supporting all subnormal
persons over 5 years of age in the community and these are visited as frequently
as possible having regard to officers case loads. At 31st December, 1968, 219
families were subject to routine visiting. This increased to 23O at 31st
December, 1969.
As in previous years holiday arrangements for adults attending the Banstead
Technical Training Unit were made by the Surrey County Council. A few children
from the Sutton Training Centre were able to join parties of Surrey children on
organised holidays; 5 in 1968 and 6 in 1969, we are grateful to Surrey
County Council for their assistance.
Training Centre
It was hoped that by 31st December, 1969, the new purpose built Training
Centre would be in course of erection and that the centre would be operational
before another winter, but it now appears doubtful whether the Centre will be
completed before the administration of training centres and the responsibility
for the training of the subnormal are transferred to the Education Department.
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