[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council.
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Date:
- 1969
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Hostels The table on page 3k gives details of the places provided and occupancy of the Authority's three Hostels which cater respectively for mentally subnormal children, mentally subnormal adults, and the mentally ill. The Rainworth Hostel for the adult mentally subnormal was fully occupied throughout the year, all the residents, with the exception of two men in employment, being in attendance at the Adult Training Centre a short distance away. As was anticipated, the population of this Hostel is almost static and few of the residents may be expected to return to ordinary life in the community. In consequence, the number on the waiting list for hostel places shows a steady increase and is already in excess of the additional places which will become available when the next Hostel, at Arnold, is built in 1970/71• The Junior Hostel at Newark was (temporarily) under-occupied at the end of the year. This was because vacancies occurring were left unfilled pend¬ ing discussions on the future role of the Hostel and a possible change of user in view of the limited demand for the five-day week care which it provides. In the event, however, it was decided that the Hostel should continue in its present form. The Psychiatric Hostel at Mansfield, to which the first resident was admitted in October, 1968, had admitted 26 by the 31st December 1969, at which time 19 remained in residence. Of those discharged, three had gone to hos¬ pitals and four had returned to their own homes. Of the 19 remaining in residence, five were in open employment, four in sheltered employment and the remainder were attending Day Centres. The two Consultant Psychiatrists at the King's Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield continued to exercise psychiatric oversight during the year and a visiting medical practitioner was appointed to provide general medical services. There is a wide range of social activities at the Hostel, enthusiastically supported by a Friends organisation which aims to provide extra comforts and amenities for the hostel residents. Hospital Care The table on page 92 gives particulars of the work undertaken during the year by the Authority's Officers in securing treatment for persons suffer¬ ing from mental disorder. These figures do not include short-term care provision for the mentally subnormal which is shown separately on page 95. NURSING HOMES No new Nursing Homes were registered during the year and there were no closures. The approved accommodation at the Windrush Nursing Home, West Bridgford, was increased from ]k to 16 beds, and that at the Woodthorpe Nursing Home from 20 to 25. At the end of the year the eight registered Nursing Homes provided a total of 156 beds (^3 surgical or medical, and 113 medical or chronic). None of the Nursing Homes is registered to provide treatment under the Abortion Act 1967. NURSING AGENCIES The Newark and District Private Nursing Agency was the only Nursing Agency operating in the County in 1969, but this licence expired at the end of the year. -35-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29925514_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
