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2. JUNIOR TRAINING CENTRE
The numbers of children attending the Junior Training Centre
were as follows:—
32 from the London Borough of Merton.
43 from the London Borough of Sutton.
Within the Junior Training Centre there is a Special Care Unit,
temporarily housed there until the proposed purpose-built unit is
completed, for the care of subnormal children with physical handicaps
such as spasticity. Children attending this Special Care Unit, who are
unable to travel in the coaches provided, are collected from their own
homes.
Under the present arrangement for training, children attend the
Junior Training Centre up to the age of 13 years, at which age
they are transferred to the 'Intermediate' Training Centre operated
by the London Borough of Sutton. It is hoped to rationalise this arrangement
in the near future to ensure that all Merton children being
cared for at the Junior Training Centre, as well as the 'overflow' of
13 to 16 years old at Sutton should attend this Authority's Junior
Training Centre, thus giving a continuity of training at one Centre
for Merton children up to the age of 16 years.

3. ADULT TRAINING CENTRE
The facilities for the training of subnormals over the age of 16
years are provided, by arrangement, with the Surrey County Council,
at their Adult Training Centre at Banstead. At the end of the year
24 males, and 13 females were in attendance. There was also a
waiting list for admission of three males and nine females, but in
view of the pressure for admission of Surrey's own cases to this Centre,
there was little hope of any further Merton cases being admitted.
To provide for the increasing numbers requiring adult training,
and, as an interim measure, until the Authority are able to provide
a purpose-built Adult Training Centre, negotiations were in progress
at the end of the year, with the Physician-Superintendent of the
Manor Hospital whereby facilities could be made available for Merton
cases attending the Banstead Training Centre, and for those Merton
cases on the waiting list, to attend a Day Centre at the Manor Hospital,
Epsom. It was also realised that the facilities provided by
Surrey County Council could be made available only so long as the
arrangements did not prevent admission of their own cases to Banstead
Adult Training Centre.
OTHER FORMS OF MENTAL DISORDER
1. CASES DEALT WITH BY MENTAL WELFARE OFFICERS
During the year, 365 cases were referred to Mental Welfare
Officers for attention.
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