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5.
Rota Duty
The 24-hour on-call duty rota of mental welfare officers continued under the joint
arrangements with the London Borough of Merton.
Mental Handicap (Subnormality)
1. Day Training
At 31st December, 1970, 123 sub-normal children and adults were receiving day training
at various training centres within and outside the Borough as follows:-
Sutton Training Centre 39 children (38)
Morden Junior Training Centre
(London Borough of Merton) 10 children ( 5)
Banstead Adult Technical Training Unit
(Surrey County Council) 63 adults (63)
Caterham Training Centre 2 adults ( 2)
(Surrey County Council) 1 child ( 1)
Waylands Training Centre
(London Borough of Croydon) 1 adult ( 1)
Bensham Training Centre
(London Borough of Croydon) 1 adult ( 1)
Coldharbour Training Centre
(London Borough of Croydon) 1 child
Croydon Spastic Society
(Children's Centre) 7 children ( 5)
Croydon Spastic Society
(Adult Work Centre) 3 adults ( 2)
In addition 5 children attended Queen Mary's Hospital for Day Hospital care and
training.
The co-operation of neighbouring authorities who have enabled us to fulfil our
obligations by making placements available for subnormal children and adults is appreciated.
2. Residential Care (other than hospital)
Special arrangements were made in 15 cases where subnormal children and adults
needed to be maintained in residential establishments for care and training.
3. Hospitals
During the year 31 (19) children and adults were admitted to hospital for short-term
care to enable parents to have a holiday or because of a family crisis. We are grateful to Queen
Mary's Hospital, Carshalton and The Manor Hospital, Epsom, for arranging to accept these persons
for periods ranging from two to eight weeks.
Only 2 (2) subnormal adults and 1 (-) subnormal child were received into permanent
residential care in hospitals for the subnormal during the year.
4. Community Support
The Mental Health Section has responsibility for supporting all subnormal persons over
5 years of age in the community and at 31st December, 1970 236 (230) families were subject to
routine visiting by mental welfare officers.
5. Holidays
As in previous years, holiday arrangements for adults attending Banstead Technical
Training Unit were made by the Surrey County Council. Four of our children attending the Sutton
Training Centre were able to join parties of Surrey children on organised holidays and we are
grateful to our colleagues in Surrey for their assistance.
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