[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council.

  • Durham (England : County). Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (c) On 31st December, 1969, there were 3,273 mentally subnormal persons on the register, giving an ascertainment figure of 3.9 per 1,000 population in the administrative coimty area. During the year 100 names were added to the County Coimcil register compared with 91 during 1968. (d) Supervision—The supervision of mentally subnormal children was carried out by health visitors, and at the end of the year 387 children were under Supervision Mental welfare officers supervised adult subnormals in the Coimty area, and at the end of the year, 2,108 adults were being supervised. (e) Guardianship'—there was one guardianship case in the County at 31st December. (/) Junior training centres for mentally subnormal persons—the numbers of pupils receiving training at junior centres on 31st December were as follows:— Centre. No. of Pupils. Bishop Auckland 38 Chester-le-Street (including special care) 38 Consett 46 Durham (including special care) 59 Ferryhill (including special care) 40 Hebburn 47 Newbottle 31 Easington (including special care) 45 Stockton 1 Darlington 2 Gateshead 3 South Shields 1 In addition 21 children attended as day pupils at Prudhoe and Monkton Hospital. Transport to the centres, mid-morning milk and mid-day meals were provided at each centre and regular routine dental and medical examinations were carried out on all pupils. Special care units at Chester-le-Street, Durham, Easington and Ferryhill Junior Training Centres continued to fill a very real need for children whose physical and mental handicaps render them unfit for training in the normal jimior training centre classes. At the end of the year the number of children attending the special care units were as follows:— Chester-le-Street 10 Durham 7 Easington 8 Ferryhill 4 {g) Adult training centres for mentally sub-normal persons—the numbers of trainees receiving training at adidt training centres on the 31st December were as follows:— Centre. Bishop Auckland Consett Durham Fencehouses ... Hebbum Lanchester Easington Stockton No. of Trainees. 80 36 66 81 73 58 57 3 Twenty adult trainees also attended as day patients at Prudhoe and Monkton Hospital. During the year inter-centre activities continued to take place, and a successful sports day was held at Fence Houses Adult Training Centre, when Bishop Auckland won the championship. The youth clubs at Bishop Auckland and Consett centres continued with their activities.