[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council.
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Class for younger defectives of both sexes—each morning from Monday to I'riday ; Class for adult females—Tuesday and Thursday afternoons ; ('lass for adult males-Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. 'rhe Local Health Authority had long recognised the need for the pro¬ vision of a new ('entre capable of meeting the training and occupational needs of the defecti\’e population in Mansfield and adjoining districts, and pro\'ision to this effect was included in the approved Proposals. Ihifortimately, however, their plans have not yet materialised—mainly because of building and financial restrictions since the War—but a site has been ])urchased and there is e\'ery reason to hope that building operations will commence during 1953. The Authority’s Proposals also envisaged the possible future develop¬ ment of new (entres in other districts of the Conn tv, and thev have recently given their appro\'al in principle to the provision of a Centre to serve the Lrban Districts surrounding Nottingham. (b) Home and Group Teaching. Owing to staffing difficulties it proved impracticable at the outset to give effect to the Authority’s stated intention to re-organise this service so as to establish group centres in the more populous districts of the County and increase the number and frequency of home visits to isolated cases, but the appointment of two new Home Teachers early in 1950 made it possible to proceed on these lines. In May, 1950, ten group centres were established throughout the County—mainly at School Clinic or Maternity and Child MTlfare Centre premises—and fortnightly half-day sessions were held, whilst the frequency of individual home visits was increased from once in three weeks to once per fortnight. Experience since that time has shown the Group Centre experiment to have been well worthwhile and, whilst it is not claimed that they are an adequate substitute for full-time Occupation Centres, some very encouraging results have been achieved and the patients themselves hav^e enjoyed the oj^portunity for making social contacts which they would not otherwise liave had. At two of the original group centres— Eastwood and W'est Bridgford—the lack of demand for group teaching necessitated their closure but further groups were formed at Retford, Warsop and Ollerton. At the end of 1952, one weekly (Hucknall) and ten fortnightly centres were being held as follows :— Halderton Beeston Carlton Hucknall K irkby-in-Ashfield Ollerton Retford Stapleford Su tton-in-Ashfield Warsop M’orksop The following is a summary of the number of defectives receiving instruction at 31st December, 1952 :—](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29925344_0147.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
