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Institutional Accommodation. Eleven defectives were admitted to South Ockendon
Institution. The age and sex Incidence was:-
Male Female
Children 0-5
Children 5-15 1 3
Adults 6 1
At the end of the year, there were 6 defectives in the area awaiting institutional
accommodation. All were children under the age of 16 years
Home Training. No special arrangements existed for the home training of defectives.
Training Centre. The number of children attending the Centre during the year again
increased, and tribute must be paid to the sterling work undertaken by Miss Forshaw, the
Supervisor, and members of her staff in training the children. Details of the philosophy
and educational orientation of the Centre were given in the 1958 report. During 1959 the
Council again continued its policy of helping Assistant Supervisors to obtain the teaching
Diploma of the National Association for Mental Health.
Work Undertaken by the Psychiatric Social Worker. The work of the Psychiatric
Social Worker has continued steadily throughout the year and most of the cases were
referred from the Health Department, or from Goodmayes Hospital. Preventive mental health
played a dominant role in the work of the social worker. The continued referral of cases
to the Psychiatric Social Worker at an early stage was particularly encouraging, as this
enabled her to give supportive treatment at a time when it was particularly valuable to the
patient and the family.
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