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The number of children who attended the Unit during 1972 was 31.
The number of children discharged during 1972 was 10.
6 returned full time to High School.
1 returned full time to Primary School.
1 left at school leaving age.
1 left to attend Carshalton College of Further Education on attaining school
leaving age.
1 was admitted to a day school for emotionally disturbed children.
Belmont Hospital School
At Belmont Hospital there is a diagnostic unit for non-communicating children aged 3-8 years.
They are referred from a wide area in the South of England. The children have a variety of severe
language and emotional disorders. The Unit which is residential with accommodation for 12 children,
is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team consisting of a consultant psychiatrist, two teachers, an
educational psychologist, a speech therapist and nursing staff. The children's stay in the Unit
varies from a few months to two years when they are suitably then placed in school.
During 1972 14 children received tuition as in-patients and 16 children were seen as out-patients.
5 children were discharged from the Unit during 1972 to the following schools :
1 Sherwood Park E.S.N. School
1 Rudolf Steiner School, Thornbury, Bristol
1 Bridge House Home School, Reading
1 Hope Lodge School, Southampton
1 Coulsdon Nursery School, Coulsdon
Queen Mary's Hospital for Children
Queen Mary's Hospital for Children which is situated within this borough is the largest children's
hospital in this country. It was inaugurated in 1909 and treats all children's illnesses both acute
and chronic. Altogether there are 726 beds of which 340 are for mentally handicapped children
on psychiatric wards, and 386 for paediatric and other cases. In addition to the clinical
departments, there are since 1st April 1971 two London Borough of Sutton schools within the
hospital, one for children receiving hospital treatment in the paediatric wards, known as Queen
Mary's Hospital School, and the other for mentally handicapped children known as the
Fountain School. A number of children attend the schools daily from Sutton and surrounding
boroughs.
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