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Mentally Subnormal Children (Residential Homes)

Volume 721: debated on Monday 29 November 1965

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asked the Minister of Health how many residential homes for mentally-subnormal children are under the charge of his Department; where they are located; how many children were in them at the latest convenient date; and what number of staff, qualified and unqualified, were employed at that date.

On 31st December, 1964, local health authorities in England and Wales provided 42 such homes, and 564 mentally subnormal children were resident. Four new homes have been opened this year with 80 places. As the list is long, I will with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I regret that the information about staff is not available.

Hostels for mentally subnormal children are provided by:—

Bradford County Borough.
Buckinghamshire County CouncilAylesbury.
Bletchley.
Cambridgeshire County CouncilCambridge.
Cornwall County CouncilSt. Blazey.
Cumberland County CouncilCarlisle.
Derbyshire County CouncilChesterfield.
Chailey.
Devonshire County CouncilBarnstaple.
Dawlish.
Plymstock.
Dorset County CouncilWeymouth.
Eastbourne County Borough.
Essex County CouncilColchester.
Hampshire County CouncilBasingstoke.
Huntingdonshire County CouncilHuntingdon.
Kent County CouncilBroadstairs.
Folkestone.
Lancashire County CouncilLancaster.
Newton-le-Willows.
Oswaldtwistle.
Leeds County Borough.
Lincolnshire (Parts of Kesteven) County CouncilGrantham.
Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey) County CouncilLouth.
London Borough of Hillingdon.
Manchester County Borough.
Northumberland County CouncilClawick.
Nottinghamshire County CouncilNewark.
Oxfordshire County CouncilBanbury.
Oxford County Borough.
Shropshire County CouncilShrewsbury.
Sheffield County Borough.
Somerset County CouncilYeovil.
Staffordshire County CouncilCannock.
Leek.
Surrey County CouncilWoking.
Sussex (East) County CouncilCuckfield.
Sussex (West) County CouncilWorthing.
Warrington County Borough.
Warwickshire County CouncilRugby.
Warwick.
Wiltshire County CouncilTrowbridge.
Wolverhampton County Borough.
Yorkshire (East Riding) County CouncilDriffield.
Yorkshire (North Riding) County CouncilScarborough.
Yorkshire (West Riding) County CouncilHarrogate.